Way recently published an article about the socalled minor judges in the journal of the evangelical theological society see jets 612, 2018. The name shamgar is taken from a man to whom a total of 42 words is devoted to in the bible. This motivational gift book shows with biblical wisdom that life isnt what you have, but what you make of the opportunity at hand. But, it does show that the tradition of a shamgar son of anath goes back a long way. Shamgars judgeship if he was actually a judge appears to have transpired after ehuds deliverance but before his death the historical notice in 1judges 4. The song of deborah describes the times in which shamgar lived as. When israel was in a most depressed condition, shamgar was raised up to be a deliverer. The book of judges is alarmingly relevant to today. The book of judges is the second of the books of the former prophets in hebrew scripture, and serves as part of the historical books of the greek septuagint old testament, in the following order. The israelites had no weapons and in fear kept to the shadows. He was at the beginning a labouring prayer of manasseh, a tiller of the ground, and it is thought that on account of the exploit recorded of him in the text he was raised to dignity. Shamgar was the son of anath and from the tribe of benjamite. The meaning of the minor judges the good book blog. What should we learn from what the book of judges says about shamgar.
In the narrative of the hebrew bible, it covers the time between the conquest described in the book of joshua and the establishment of a kingdom in the books of samuel, during which biblical judges served as temporary leaders. Samgar, is the name of one or possibly two individuals named in the book of judges. The title of this message is from the yettobe released book by pat williams senior vice president of the orlando magic, jay strack founder of student leadership university, and jim denney. Othniel was the first judge of israel, he ruled for 40 years before his death judges 3. Shamgar start where you are, use what you have, do what you can duration. Deborah, the only female judge, is a prophetess who, along with her general barak not that barack, defeats a canaanite king and his general, sisera with a.
They are all buried in graves and tombs throughout the land of israel. Shamgar, judge amazing bible timeline with world history. Shamgar the 1901 jewish encyclopedia bible encyclopedia. This audio sermon and transcript is entitled shamgar, the unconventional, and is from the ministry of david legge, a christian preacher and bible teacher from belfast, northern ireland. Summary of the book of judges the story of the bible. It records the israelites descent into sin and its terrible consequences.
This is the verb that the judges of the book of judges do. He suggests that these short stories about shamgar, tola, jair, ibzan, elon and abdon judges 3. The three success secrets of shamgar sermon by brian. The government had become thoroughly disorganized, and apparently, as in the days of deborah. From the website list of 15 judges in bible believers portal 1. Judge shamgar, in the book of judges, was a great man who was able to drive away the philistines and prevent them from invading the. In the hebrew bible, moses is described as a shofet over the israelites and appoints others to whom cases were delegated in accordance with the advice of jethro, his midianite fatherinlaw. The biblical information regarding shamgar is limited to judges 3. This is part 4 of a bible study series through the book of judges. Shamgar was successful in bringing relief to the israelites before the canaanite oppression in the days of deborah and barak. He slaughtered 600 invading philistines with an oxgoad, a formidable weapon about 3 meters long with a sharp metal point. The book of judges is all about the cycle that the children of israel were in. This last verse of judges chapter 3 and a few verses in chapter 5 comprise the sum total of his biblical biography. Shamgars use of an ox goad shows how low the men of judah.
Judges, judges, book of like the book of joshua, judges takes its. Shamgar was an old testament judge, responsible for maintaining law and order in the land of israel. The spirit of the lord came upon othniel and he fought for and judged israel. These continue as such in our christian old testament of the bible. The book of judges was written as a history during the time of the judges, which occurred between the time of joshua and the prophet samuel. We find his story in the old testament book of judges. He follows othniel and ehud, and precedes deborah and. Judge shamgar, in the book of judges, was a great man who was able to drive away the philistines and prevent them from invading the israelite regions.
Shamgar, one of those who judged israel, killed 600 hundred philistines using only an ox goad for a weapon. Major lessons from the minor judges shamgar, tola, jair, ibzan, elon, abdon. The book of judges, sefer shoftim is the seventh book of the hebrew bible and the christian old testament. Shamgars improvised weapon with which he helped to save israel is spoken of as an oxgoad.
Commentary 31 and after him was shamgar the son of anath, which slew of the philistines six hundred men with an ox goad. Judges 3 the first three judges othniel, ehud and shamgar. This is the first mention of the philistines as troublesome neighbors of the israelites judges 3. The anger of the lord burned against israel, and he sold them into the hands of the philistines and into the hands of the sons of ammon. Little is known about him but powerful lessons can be learned when we realize that even as. Shamgar was the third judge of israel whose heroic actions led to peace in israel for an unspecified period of time. A very long way, close to the beginning of israelite history in the canaanite. This happens with a few minor judgesothniel, ehud, and shamgarbefore the first heavyhitter steps up to the plate. We are only told that 1 shamgars leadership followed ehuds, 2 he was the son of anath, 3 he. The bible however, never stated how long he ruled as a. One verse of the bible summarizes his period of leadership. The ox goad is mentioned only once by that name in the bible, in judges 3.
Another occasion where shamgar was mentioned was in the song of deborah. And after him was shamgar the son of anath, which smote of the philistines six hundred men with an oxgoad. He was a left handed man from the tribe of benjamin. In an advance synopsis of the book the authors say that shamgars brief notoriety in the bible lends itself to three success secrets. The song of deborah describes the times in which shamgar lived as so dangerous that the highways were unused, travelers preferring to walk through the safer byways judg.
Othniel, shamgar, deborah, gideon, tola, jair, jephthah, ibzan, elon, abdon, and samson. Shamgar article about shamgar by the free dictionary. Jephthah who defeated the ammonites, and samson who defeated the philistines. For a while, the people would serve the lord god, but whenever the judge died, the. A teaching through judges 3 from calvary chapel ontario oregon by pastor paul leboutillier. Moreover, the introduction of the philistines is suspicious, for they do not appear in. From only a few words we learn that god used an unlikely source to impact an entire nation. Introduction to the book of judges learn religions.
Joshua, judges, ruth, samuel, and kings, as well as the books of the restoration. Sangar, hittite king of carchemish in the ninth century b. Time out here for a word or two about the judges, shoftim that the book of judges is named after. The 12 heroes of the book, both male and female, seem larger than life at times, but they were imperfect, just like us. From the form of his name it has been conjectured that he may have been a hittite comp. He was, therefore, probably not a judge, but a foreign oppressor of israel. It is the sequel of joshua in the biblical history, telling of the hebrews in the promised land from joshuas death up to the time of samuel. After ehud came shamgar son of anath, who struck down six hundred philistines with an oxgoad. The book of judges mentions eleven leaders who are said to judge israel. This does not prove the existence of shamgar by any means. Using an ox goad, he was able to slaughter 600 foreign invaders in the region.