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'''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. | '''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. | ||
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Revision as of 18:10, July 19, 2007
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