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Samson wagers that the Philistines will be unable to guess the solution to the riddle within seven days (the duration of the feast); the stakes of the wager are thirty linen garments and thirty outfits of clothes. The Philistines compel Samson's new wife to discover the solution for them, threatening to burn her and her father's house if she fails.
Judges 16 is the sixteenth chapter of the Book of Judges in the Old Testament or the Hebrew Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel, [2] [3] but modern scholars view it as part of the Deuteronomistic History, which spans in the books of Deuteronomy to 2 Kings, attributed to nationalistic and devotedly Yahwistic writers during the time of the ...
Delilah (/ d ɪ ˈ l aɪ l ə / dil-EYE-lə; Hebrew: דְּלִילָה, romanized: Dəlīlā, meaning "delicate"; [1] Arabic: دليلة, romanized: Dalīlah; Greek: Δαλιδά, romanized: Dalidá) is a woman mentioned in the sixteenth chapter of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible. [2] She is loved by Samson, [2] a Nazirite who possesses ...
[2] The name is a reference to the biblical Israelite judge Samson who pushed apart the pillars of a Philistine temple, bringing down the roof and killing himself and thousands of Philistines who had captured him. [3] [4]
Samson goes out, gathers 300 foxes, and ties them together in pairs by their tails. He then attaches a burning torch to each pair of foxes' tails and turns them loose in the grain fields and olive groves of the Philistines. [20] The Philistines learn why Samson burned their crops and burn Samson's wife and father-in-law to death in retribution.
Judges 15 is the fifteenth chapter of the Book of Judges in the Old Testament or the Hebrew Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel, [2] [3] but modern scholars view it as part of the Deuteronomistic History, which spans in the books of Deuteronomy to 2 Kings, attributed to nationalistic and devotedly Yahwistic writers during the time of the ...
Samson Kills the Philistines; Samson is Seized; Christiaen van Couwenbergh, The Capture of Samson, 1630; Sir Anthony van Dyck, Samson and Delilah, 1620. Gerrit van Honthorst, Samson and Delilah, ca. 1615. Israhel van Meckenem the Younger, Samson and the Lion, ca. 1475 National Gallery of Art; Frans van den Wyngaerde, Samson Killing the Lion, ca ...
Samson versus Philistines Judges 15:6–20 Judges 16:27–31 Avenging his wife's murder, Samson attacks and kills 'many' Philistines, with Yahweh's help he kills 1,000 more, and when captured kills 3,000 in a suicide attack. [142] – Not historical Micah's Idol (Sack of Laish) Judges 18:9–31 (prologue: Judges 17)