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God Uses Unlikely Instruments
All commentators highlight that God chose Shamgar, an obscure figure, and armed him with a simple ox-goad. This wasn't a spear or sword, but a common farming tool because the Philistines had disarmed Israel. As Matthew Henry notes, this demonstrates that God uses humble people and unlikely means to accomplish His purposes, ensuring that the power for deliverance is clearly seen as His, not man's.
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Albert Barnes
On Judges 3:31
18th Century
Theologian
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Judges 3:31
19th Century
Bishop
Shamgar. —Mentioned here alone, and alluded to in Judges 5:6.
The son of Anath. —There was a Beth-anath in…
John Gill
On Judges 3:31
17th Century
Pastor
And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath
That is, after the death of Ehud, when the people of Israel were in distr…
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Matthew Henry
On Judges 3:31
17th Century
Minister
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,…