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30 Moab was so badly defeated that it was a long time before they were strong enough to attack Israel again. And Israel was at peace for 80 years.

Shamgar

31 Shamgar the son of Anath was the next to rescue Israel. In one battle, he used a sharp wooden pole[a] to kill 600 Philistines.

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Footnotes

  1. 3.31 sharp wooden pole: The Hebrew text has “cattle prod,” a pole with a sharpened tip or metal point at one end.

30 That day Moab(A) was made subject to Israel, and the land had peace(B) for eighty years.

Shamgar

31 After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath,(C) who struck down six hundred(D) Philistines(E) with an oxgoad. He too saved Israel.

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