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Samson

samson is part of the rich historical narrative of God's dealings with His people in the Old Testament.

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Verse Refs

2

Books

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Sub-Topics

Quick Facts

Etymology
his sun, his service, there the second time
Type
Person
Referenced In
2 books of the Bible

Overview

Explore what the Bible says about samson. This collection of 14 key Scripture passages reveals God's wisdom and guidance on this important theme.

Topical Index

12 sub-topics from Nave's Topical Bible

A judge (leader, hero) of Israel

Judges 16:31

A Danite, son of Manoah; miraculous birth of; a Nazarite from his mother' s womb; the mother forbidden to drink wine or strong drink, or to eat any ceremonially unclean thing during gestation

Judges 13:2-7,24,25

Desires a Philistine woman for his wife; kills a lion

Judges 14:1-7

His marriage feast and the riddle propounded

Judges 14:8-19

Kills thirty Philistines

Judges 14:19

Wife of, estranged

Judges 14:20Judges 15:1,2

Is avenged for the estrangement of his wife

Judges 15:3-8

His great strength

Judges 15:7-14Hebrews 11:32

Kills one-thousand Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey

Judges 15:13-17

Miraculously supplied with water

Judges 15:18,19

Cohabits with Delilah, a prostitute; her machinations with the Philistines to overcome him

Judges 16:1-20

Is blinded by the Philistines and confined to hard labor in prison; pulls down the pillars of the temple, meets his death, and kills a multitude of his enemies

Judges 16:21-31Hebrews 11:32

Key Verses

1

Judges 16:31

A judge (leader, hero) of Israel

2

Judges 13:2-7,24,25

A Danite, son of Manoah; miraculous birth of; a Nazarite from his mother' s womb; the mother forbidden to drink wine or strong drink, or to eat any ceremonially unclean thing during gestation

3

Judges 14:1-7

Desires a Philistine woman for his wife; kills a lion

4

Judges 14:8-19

His marriage feast and the riddle propounded

5

Judges 14:19

Kills thirty Philistines

6

Judges 14:20

Wife of, estranged

7

Judges 15:3-8

Is avenged for the estrangement of his wife

8

Judges 15:7-14

His great strength

9

Judges 15:13-17

Kills one-thousand Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey

10

Judges 15:18,19

Miraculously supplied with water

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