Shamgar

Shamgar son of Anath was the third judge of Israel, briefly mentioned as having "killed six hundred of the Philistines with an oxgoad, and he also saved Israel" (Judg. 3:31). An oxgoad — a long wooden pole fitted with a metal spike for driving oxen — was the implement of a farmer, not a soldier, highlighting the extraordinary nature of his feat. He is mentioned a second time in Deborah's song: "In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned; travelers took to winding paths" (Judg. 5:6), suggesting the Philistine threat had made travel unsafe before his deliverance. The name and patronymic "son of Anath" (a Canaanite war goddess) suggest he may have been a non-Israelite or at least bear a non-Israelite name — though this does not prevent his recognition as a deliverer of Israel.