Strange Story: Judges 3 Shamgar Vs 600 armed men

We don’t know much about Shamgar, only that he was one of the judges that lead Israel and that on one occasion he killed six hundred Philistines with an ox goad – a long stick with a point on one end (Judges 3:31). While plowing with oxen, he may have been surprised by the appearance of the Philistines and did not have time to get his weapons, so he fought with what he had in his hand -an ox goad, or what we call a poker. That was not considered a suitable weapon, and I imagine one Philistine after another saying, “Surely I can beat this guy; he’s not even properly armed.” But Shamgar used it well, and with God’s help, he defeated 600 challengers in succession.