Shamgar
struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad (JDG 3:31)
Personmale2 verses
Names
- Shamgar — שַׁמְגַּ֣ר shaməgar “Shimke gave [a son]” (H8044) · Σαμεγαρ Samegar — Judges 3:31
Dated events
- Beginning of Shamgar's time as judge of Israel* — 2,749 AH · 1,325 BC (Ussher) — Judges 3:31
- End of Shamgar's time as judge of Israel* — 2,749 AH · 1,325 BC (Ussher) — Judges 3:31
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Appearances
Topical references
- A deliverer (judge, hero) of Israel — Judges 3:31; Judges 5:6
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.