Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Judges 3:31

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Shamgar: Jdg 5:6, Jdg 5:8 an ox goad: This implement, Mr. Maundrell informs us, in Palestine and Syria is of an extraordinary size. He measured several, and "found them about eight feet long; and at the bigger end about six inches in circumference. They were armed at the lesser end with a sharp prickle for driving the oxen; and at the other end with a small paddle of iron, strong and massive, for cleansing the plough from the clay. In the hand of a powerful man such an instrument must be more dangerous and fatal than a sword." Jdg 15:15; Sa1 13:19-22, Sa1 17:47, Sa1 17:50; Co1 1:17 also: Jdg 2:16 Israel: "So part is called Israel." Jdg 4:1, 3-24, Jdg 10:7, Jdg 10:17, 11:4-33; Sa1 4:1 "It seems to concern only the country next to the Philistines. Next: Judges Chapter 4

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