Judges 3:29-31
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
29 On that occasion they slew about ten thousand Moabites, all of them strong warriors. Not one escaped. 30 So Moab was brought under the power of Israel(A) at that time; and the land had rest for eighty years.(B)
Shamgar. 31 After him there was Shamgar,[a] son of Anath,(C) who slew six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.(D) He, too, was a savior for Israel.
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- 3:31 Shamgar is the first of the so-called minor judges; cf. Introduction.
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