An oxgoad was not a weapon but a tool for work, likely for training stubborn oxen to be docile. It was about eight feet long, two inches thick at one end, and pointed at the other end. This is a most unlikely tool, but still effective, with which to kill six hundred Philistines and save Israel.
31 After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed 600 of the Philistines with an oxgoad, and he also saved Israel.