Shamgar killed six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad (a long, pointy stick). He saved Israel, too. I find this curious, as other than what I wrote, there really isn't anything said about Shamgar. God used him to defend Israel with a farmer's tool. However, perhaps there isn't more to say because after this, there wasn't anything that really changed.
There is one thing that I am reminded of when reading this, and that is that God can use the most common things to make the biggest impact. A reminder that God, as Paul says, uses the weak things of the world to confound the mighty.
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