From this verse and (Judges 5:6) we may gather that Shamgar was contemporary with Jael, and that he only procured a temporary and parti…

Shamgar. —Mentioned here alone, and alluded to in Judges 5:6.

The son of Anath. —There was a Beth-anath in…

And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath
That is, after the death of Ehud, when the people of Israel were in distr…

The side of the country which lay southwest was infested by the Philistines. God raised up Shamgar to deliver them; having neither sword nor spear,…