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I wrote a summary about Samson's life
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Samson’s activity took place in the period when God decided to punish Israel for losing faith in God and for following some practices of the Canaanites. Samson was born between a man named Manoah and his wife, who were from the clan of the Danites. Prior to Samson’s birth, an angel of God came to the couple and announced that they were to have a special child who was going to deliver Israel from the Philistines. The child was to be a Nazirite, and be set apart to God. According to the book of Numbers, a Nazirite must abstain from fermented drinks, grape juice, grapes, and raisins and so on. He was not to go near a dead body, and he must let the hair of his head grow long. When Samson grew up, the Lord blessed him and he was given supernatural strength. One day, Samson went down to Timnah and got so infatuated to a Philsitine woman, he decided to marry her. There, a seven day wedding feast was held, and he was given 30 companions. Samson proposed a riddle to these men, and when they couldn’t figure it out, they went to Samson’s wife and implored her to tell them the solution. Eventually, she betrays Samson and in order to meet his companions’ demands, Samson slays 30 Ashkelonites and plunders them. When Samson returned to Timnah, her wife was given to a friend that attended the wedding. Being outraged, Samson fastened torches to 300 foxes, lit them, and let the foxes loose in the standing grain of the Philistines. When the Philistines found out Samson was the one who did this, they angrily went to his wife’s family and burned them to death. As a result, Samson burned with anger and made a determination to seek revenge to the Philistines. This was all God’s plan to fulfill his will. Chapter 14, verse 4 of the bible says “His parents did not know that this was from the Lord, who was seeking an occasion to confront the Philistines…” The Lord intentionally gave Samson a personal reason to attack the Philistines, knowing that he will eventually greatly diminish the numbers of the Philistines and bring victory to Israel.
One day, Samson went across the Valley of Sorek and fell in love with a woman called Deliah. The Philistines came to Deliah and asked her to make Samson spit out the secret behind his unnaturally strong powers. However, Samson didn’t easily give this information, and in one occasion he said “if you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom and tighten it with the pin, I’ll become as weak as any other man. (Judges 16:13) In those days, the number seven symbolized completeness and holiness. Since Samson was a Nazirite, he had seven braids, which means he was complying with God’s orders. Eventually, Samson gives in to Deliah and tells her that his power would fade if he gets his hair cut off. Deliah then calls the philistines and uses a razor on Samson’s head. As a result, God left Samson’s temporarily since he violated the Nazirite vows. . The haircut was like giving up God’s visible presence in his life. However, Verse 22 of the book of Judges says “But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.” This means that God did not permanently leave Samson, and He did not give up on his plan to deliver Israel from the Philistines. .
Since Samson was powerless without God’s presence, he was vulnerable. The Philistines caught him without much struggle and brought him to their temple. About 3000 Philistines celebrated and offered sacrifices to their god, Dagon, for bringing revenge to their enemy, Samson. At the time of his death, Samson prayed to the Lord, imploring Him to give him a last chance to get revenge on the Philistines. When Samson recovered his strength, he knocked two pillars down, which caused the whole temple to collapse. As a result, he killed more people in this day than he killed in all the other days combined. Samson’s death realized his predicted purpose for life, which was to punish the sinful Philistines and deliver Israel. Samson punished a significant number of Philistines by slaying and destroying the temple of Dagon, a false god.
Could you give comments? Thanx
Samson’s activity took place in the period when God decided to punish Israel for losing faith in God and for following some practices of the Canaanites. Samson was born between a man named Manoah and his wife, who were from the clan of the Danites. Prior to Samson’s birth, an angel of God came to the couple and announced that they were to have a special child who was going to deliver Israel from the Philistines. The child was to be a Nazirite, and be set apart to God. According to the book of Numbers, a Nazirite must abstain from fermented drinks, grape juice, grapes, and raisins and so on. He was not to go near a dead body, and he must let the hair of his head grow long. When Samson grew up, the Lord blessed him and he was given supernatural strength. One day, Samson went down to Timnah and got so infatuated to a Philsitine woman, he decided to marry her. There, a seven day wedding feast was held, and he was given 30 companions. Samson proposed a riddle to these men, and when they couldn’t figure it out, they went to Samson’s wife and implored her to tell them the solution. Eventually, she betrays Samson and in order to meet his companions’ demands, Samson slays 30 Ashkelonites and plunders them. When Samson returned to Timnah, her wife was given to a friend that attended the wedding. Being outraged, Samson fastened torches to 300 foxes, lit them, and let the foxes loose in the standing grain of the Philistines. When the Philistines found out Samson was the one who did this, they angrily went to his wife’s family and burned them to death. As a result, Samson burned with anger and made a determination to seek revenge to the Philistines. This was all God’s plan to fulfill his will. Chapter 14, verse 4 of the bible says “His parents did not know that this was from the Lord, who was seeking an occasion to confront the Philistines…” The Lord intentionally gave Samson a personal reason to attack the Philistines, knowing that he will eventually greatly diminish the numbers of the Philistines and bring victory to Israel.
One day, Samson went across the Valley of Sorek and fell in love with a woman called Deliah. The Philistines came to Deliah and asked her to make Samson spit out the secret behind his unnaturally strong powers. However, Samson didn’t easily give this information, and in one occasion he said “if you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom and tighten it with the pin, I’ll become as weak as any other man. (Judges 16:13) In those days, the number seven symbolized completeness and holiness. Since Samson was a Nazirite, he had seven braids, which means he was complying with God’s orders. Eventually, Samson gives in to Deliah and tells her that his power would fade if he gets his hair cut off. Deliah then calls the philistines and uses a razor on Samson’s head. As a result, God left Samson’s temporarily since he violated the Nazirite vows. . The haircut was like giving up God’s visible presence in his life. However, Verse 22 of the book of Judges says “But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.” This means that God did not permanently leave Samson, and He did not give up on his plan to deliver Israel from the Philistines. .
Since Samson was powerless without God’s presence, he was vulnerable. The Philistines caught him without much struggle and brought him to their temple. About 3000 Philistines celebrated and offered sacrifices to their god, Dagon, for bringing revenge to their enemy, Samson. At the time of his death, Samson prayed to the Lord, imploring Him to give him a last chance to get revenge on the Philistines. When Samson recovered his strength, he knocked two pillars down, which caused the whole temple to collapse. As a result, he killed more people in this day than he killed in all the other days combined. Samson’s death realized his predicted purpose for life, which was to punish the sinful Philistines and deliver Israel. Samson punished a significant number of Philistines by slaying and destroying the temple of Dagon, a false god.