שַׁמְגַּר בֶּן עֲנָת

Shamgar ben Anath
Shoftim · c. 1350-879 BCE

שַׁמְגַּר בֶּן עֲנָת, לפי המקרא, היה השופט השלישי ששפט את ישראל בתקופת השופטים.

Shamgar, son of Anath, is the name of one or possibly two individuals named in the Book of Judges. The name occurs twice:at the first mention, Shamgar is identified as a man who repelled Philistine incursions into Israelite regions, and slaughtered 600 of the invaders with an ox goad ; the other mention is within the Song of Deborah, where Shamgar is described as having been one of the prior rulers, in whose days roads were abandoned, with travelers taking winding paths, and village life collapsing.

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