Samson
From Conservapedia
Samson (Hebrew: שִׁמְשׁוֹן Shimshon "of the sun") was a Judge renowned for his great strength. This came from his being a Nazirite since birth. One of the principal vows of the Nazirites was to never cut their hair; when he eventually revealed this to Delilah she betrayed him and proceeded to have his hair cut off by Philistines, who also gouged out his eyes. Used as a slave grinding grain in the mill of a prison, Samson prayed for his strength one last time, and collapsed the pillars of a building, killing himself and hundreds of Philistines.
The story of Samson is told in the book of Judges in the Old Testament of the Bible
Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a young Philistine woman.2 When he returned, he said to his father and mother, “I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; now get her for me as my wife.”3 His father and mother replied, “Isn't there an acceptable woman among your relatives or among all our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me. She's the right one for me.”4 Judges 14:20 Samson's Marriage.
So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.” Judges 16:6
See also
- Rembrant The Blinding of Samson.
- Judges of Israel
- Bible history
