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101 Myths of the Bible: how ancient scribes - Conscious Evolution TV

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<strong>Myths</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Heroes 257<br />

Israel enjoyed eighty years <strong>of</strong> peace. The verses immediately after say that after Ehud<br />

died, Israel did evil again and <strong>the</strong> LORD delivered <strong>the</strong>m into <strong>the</strong> hands <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Canaanite king Jabin, who ruled <strong>the</strong>m for twenty years until Deborah led a successful<br />

revolution against him.<br />

When is <strong>the</strong>re room for Shamgar to have delivered Israel, and from whom? Apparently,<br />

because <strong>the</strong> Song <strong>of</strong> Deborah indicates that Shamgar lived at about <strong>the</strong> time<br />

that she led <strong>the</strong> revolt against Jabin, <strong>the</strong> biblical redactors thought <strong>the</strong>y had to insert a<br />

story about him just before <strong>the</strong> story <strong>of</strong> Deborah. The description <strong>of</strong> him as a son <strong>of</strong><br />

Anath simply meant that he was a mighty warrior who killed numerous enemies.

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