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
