Session – 86
The Book of Judges Chapter 3
In Session 85, we learned that modern man has much in common with God’s chosen people.
Chapter 3
Déjà vu
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eg’-Lon the King of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD (Judg. 3:12).
So, the children of Israel served Eg’-lon, the King of Moab, eighteen years. But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, E’-hud the son of Ge’-ra, a Ben-jamite … (Judg. E:14-15).
And he said unto them, follow after me … And they slew of the Moab at the time about ten thousand men … (Judg. 3:14-15).
And after him was Sham’-gar the son of A’-anth, which slew of the philis’-tines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel (Judg. 3:31).
Ha! Just when you think you’ve seen and heard it all with the Israelites killing thousands upon thousands of men, women, and children in the name of God, along comes Shamgar, who kills 600 Philistines with a large poll that’s used to control livestock.
Summary
I’ve heard that in 6,000 BC, the Chinese used cannabis seeds in their food. So, it’s entirely possible that whoever wrote this story of Shamgar around 1316 BC was smoking it!
Ivan Peter Kovak