After Ehud, Shamgar son of Anath rescued Israel. He once killed 600 Philistines with an ox goad.

以笏之后，有亚拿的儿子珊迦，他用赶牛的棍子打死六百非利士人。他也救了以色列人。

以笏之后，有亚拿的儿子珊迦，他用赶牛的棍子打死六百非利士人。他也拯救了以色列。

以笏之后，有亚拿的儿子珊迦，他用赶牛的棍子打死六百非利士人。他也拯救了以色列。

以笏之后，亚拿的儿子珊迦拯救了以色列人。他曾用一根赶牛棍杀了六百名非利士人。

以笏之后，有亚拿的儿子珊迦；他用赶牛棒击杀了六百非利士人；他也拯救了以色列人。

以笏之後，有亞拿的兒子珊迦，他用趕牛的棍子打死六百非利士人。他也救了以色列人。

以笏之後，有亞拿的兒子珊迦，他用趕牛的棍子打死六百非利士人。他也拯救了以色列。

以笏之後，有亞拿的兒子珊迦，他用趕牛的棍子打死六百非利士人。他也拯救了以色列。

以笏之後，亞拿的兒子珊迦拯救了以色列人。他曾用一根趕牛棍殺了六百名非利士人。

以笏之後，有亞拿的兒子珊迦；他用趕牛棒擊殺了六百非利士人；他也拯救了以色列人。

以笏之後、有亞拿的兒子珊迦；他用趕牛棍子擊殺了非利士人六百人：他也拯救了以色列人。

厥後、有亞拿子珊迦、以牛杖殺非利士人六百、亦拯以色列人、

厥後亞拿子山甲、以牛杖殺非利士人六百、援以色列族。

以笏後、亞拿子珊迦為士師、一時以牛杖殺非利士人六百、彼亦救以色列人、

After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He too saved Israel.

After Ehud, Shamgar became the next leader. He was the son of Anath. Shamgar struck down 600 Philistines with a large, pointed stick used to drive oxen. He too saved Israel.

After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed 600 of the Philistines with an oxgoad, and he also saved Israel.

After Ehud, Shamgar son of Anath became judge. He also delivered Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with a cattle prod.

Now after him came Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck and killed six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad; and he also saved Israel.

After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed six hundred men of the Philistines with an ox goad; and he also delivered Israel.

And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who smote of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox- goad: and he also saved Israel.

After Ehud, Shamgar son of Anath became judge. He delivered Israel by striking down 600 Philistines with an oxgoad.

And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.

After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath; he killed six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad and, like Ehud, delivered Israel.

After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck six hundred men of the Philistines with an ox goad. He also saved Israel.

“ In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, and in the days of Jael, people avoided the main roads, and travelers stayed on winding pathways.

For Christ didn’t send me to baptize, but to preach the Good News— and not with clever speech, for fear that the cross of Christ would lose its power.

Then the Lord raised up judges to rescue the Israelites from their attackers.

When Israel chose new gods, war erupted at the city gates. Yet not a shield or spear could be seen among forty thousand warriors in Israel!

So David triumphed over the Philistine with only a sling and a stone, for he had no sword.

And everyone assembled here will know that the Lord rescues his people, but not with sword and spear. This is the Lord’s battle, and he will give you to us!”

So the Lord burned with anger against Israel, and he turned them over to the Philistines and the Ammonites,

After Ehud’s death, the Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight.

Then he found the jawbone of a recently killed donkey. He picked it up and killed 1,000 Philistines with it.

At that time the armies of Ammon had gathered for war and were camped in Gilead, and the people of Israel assembled and camped at Mizpah.

At about this time, the Ammonites began their war against Israel.When the Ammonites attacked, the elders of Gilead sent for Jephthah in the land of Tob.The elders said,“ Come and be our commander! Help us fight the Ammonites!”But Jephthah said to them,“ Aren’t you the ones who hated me and drove me from my father’s house? Why do you come to me now when you’re in trouble?”“ Because we need you,” the elders replied.“ If you lead us in battle against the Ammonites, we will make you ruler over all the people of Gilead.”Jephthah said to the elders,“ Let me get this straight. If I come with you and if the Lord gives me victory over the Ammonites, will you really make me ruler over all the people?”“ The Lord is our witness,” the elders replied.“ We promise to do whatever you say.”So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their ruler and commander of the army. At Mizpah, in the presence of the Lord, Jephthah repeated what he had said to the elders.Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of Ammon, asking,“ Why have you come out to fight against my land?”The king of Ammon answered Jephthah’s messengers,“ When the Israelites came out of Egypt, they stole my land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River and all the way to the Jordan. Now then, give back the land peaceably.”Jephthah sent this message back to the Ammonite king:“ This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not steal any land from Moab or Ammon.When the people of Israel arrived at Kadesh on their journey from Egypt after crossing the Red Sea,they sent messengers to the king of Edom asking for permission to pass through his land. But their request was denied. Then they asked the king of Moab for similar permission, but he wouldn’t let them pass through either. So the people of Israel stayed in Kadesh.“ Finally, they went around Edom and Moab through the wilderness. They traveled along Moab’s eastern border and camped on the other side of the Arnon River. But they never once crossed the Arnon River into Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.“ Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled from Heshbon, asking for permission to cross through his land to get to their destination.But King Sihon didn’t trust Israel to pass through his land. Instead, he mobilized his army at Jahaz and attacked them.But the Lord, the God of Israel, gave his people victory over King Sihon. So Israel took control of all the land of the Amorites, who lived in that region,from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River, and from the eastern wilderness to the Jordan.“ So you see, it was the Lord, the God of Israel, who took away the land from the Amorites and gave it to Israel. Why, then, should we give it back to you?You keep whatever your god Chemosh gives you, and we will keep whatever the Lord our God gives us.Are you any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he try to make a case against Israel for disputed land? Did he go to war against them?“ Israel has been living here for 300 years, inhabiting Heshbon and its surrounding settlements, all the way to Aroer and its settlements, and in all the towns along the Arnon River. Why have you made no effort to recover it before now?Therefore, I have not sinned against you. Rather, you have wronged me by attacking me. Let the Lord, who is judge, decide today which of us is right— Israel or Ammon.”But the king of Ammon paid no attention to Jephthah’s message.At that time the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he went throughout the land of Gilead and Manasseh, including Mizpah in Gilead, and from there he led an army against the Ammonites.And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord. He said,“ If you give me victory over the Ammonites,I will give to the Lord whatever comes out of my house to meet me when I return in triumph. I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.”So Jephthah led his army against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave him victory.He crushed the Ammonites, devastating about twenty towns from Aroer to an area near Minnith and as far away as Abel keramim. In this way Israel defeated the Ammonites.

Sisera, who had 900 iron chariots, ruthlessly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years. Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help.Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet who was judging Israel at that time.She would sit under the Palm of Deborah, between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites would go to her for judgment.One day she sent for Barak son of Abinoam, who lived in Kedesh in the land of Naphtali. She said to him,“ This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: Call out 10,000 warriors from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun at Mount Tabor.And I will call out Sisera, commander of Jabin’s army, along with his chariots and warriors, to the Kishon River. There I will give you victory over him.”Barak told her,“ I will go, but only if you go with me.”“ Very well,” she replied,“ I will go with you. But you will receive no honor in this venture, for the Lord’s victory over Sisera will be at the hands of a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh.At Kedesh, Barak called together the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali, and 10,000 warriors went up with him. Deborah also went with him.Now Heber the Kenite, a descendant of Moses’ brother in law Hobab, had moved away from the other members of his tribe and pitched his tent by the oak of Zaanannim near Kedesh.When Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,he called for all 900 of his iron chariots and all of his warriors, and they marched from Harosheth haggoyim to the Kishon River.Then Deborah said to Barak,“ Get ready! This is the day the Lord will give you victory over Sisera, for the Lord is marching ahead of you.” So Barak led his 10,000 warriors down the slopes of Mount Tabor into battle.When Barak attacked, the Lord threw Sisera and all his chariots and warriors into a panic. Sisera leaped down from his chariot and escaped on foot.Then Barak chased the chariots and the enemy army all the way to Harosheth haggoyim, killing all of Sisera’s warriors. Not a single one was left alive.Meanwhile, Sisera ran to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because Heber’s family was on friendly terms with King Jabin of Hazor.Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him,“ Come into my tent, sir. Come in. Don’t be afraid.” So he went into her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.“ Please give me some water,” he said.“ I’m thirsty.” So she gave him some milk from a leather bag and covered him again.“ Stand at the door of the tent,” he told her.“ If anybody comes and asks you if there is anyone here, say no.”But when Sisera fell asleep from exhaustion, Jael quietly crept up to him with a hammer and tent peg in her hand. Then she drove the tent peg through his temple and into the ground, and so he died.When Barak came looking for Sisera, Jael went out to meet him. She said,“ Come, and I will show you the man you are looking for.” So he followed her into the tent and found Sisera lying there dead, with the tent peg through his temple.So on that day Israel saw God defeat Jabin, the Canaanite king.And from that time on Israel became stronger and stronger against King Jabin until they finally destroyed him.

And Samuel’s words went out to all the people of Israel. At that time Israel was at war with the Philistines. The Israelite army was camped near Ebenezer, and the Philistines were at Aphek.

There were no blacksmiths in the land of Israel in those days. The Philistines wouldn’t allow them for fear they would make swords and spears for the Hebrews.So whenever the Israelites needed to sharpen their plowshares, picks, axes, or sickles, they had to take them to a Philistine blacksmith.The charges were as follows: a quarter of an ounce of silver for sharpening a plowshare or a pick, and an eighth of an ounce for sharpening an ax or making the point of an ox goad.So on the day of the battle none of the people of Israel had a sword or spear, except for Saul and Jonathan.