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SAMSON

A judge (leader, hero) of Israel JDG 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 JDG 13:2-7,24,25

Desires a Philistine woman for his wife; kills a lion JDG 14:1-7

His marriage feast and the riddle propounded JDG 14:8-19

Kills thirty Philistines JDG 14:19

Wife of, estranged JDG 14:20; 15:1,2

Is avenged for the estrangement of his wife JDG 15:3-8

His great strength JDG 15:7-14; HEB 11:32

Kills one-thousand Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey JDG 15:13-17

Miraculously supplied with water JDG 15:18,19

Cohabits with Delilah, a prostitute; her machinations with the Philistines to overcome him JDG 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 JDG 16:21-31; HEB 11:32

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