Daily Scripture
Rom. 12:15
Rom 12:15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Rom 12:15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Snippets
Samson is the son of Manoah from the tribe of Dan. His name means sunlight, and he was one of the judges of Israel. Samson was famous for his extreme strength, but he also had a fatal weakness. Samson was a miracle child because his mother was barren. An angel spoke to Manoah's wife and told her not to drink any wine or strong drink and not eat anything unclean because she would give birth to a son. She was not to ever cut his hair because the child would be a Nazarite from the day he was born to the day of his death. The child will deliver Israel from the Philistines. Manoah's wife conceived, and Samson was born. After he grew up, he saw a young lady of Philistine descent that he just had to have for his wife. Samson killed a lion in the vineyard with his bare hands and then ate some honey from the lion's carcass. Being a Nazarite, Samson was not to be in the presence of a dead body because that would make him unclean. Samson married the woman that captured his heart, and she later betrayed him by revealing to his enemies the answer to his riddle. His enemies rewarded him by taking his wife from him and giving her to one of his associates. Samson attempted to get his wife back, but he was denied and offered her younger sister instead. He retaliated by sending 300 foxes with fiery firebrands tied to their tails in the Philistine's corn and olive fields. For revenge, the Philistines burned his wife and father to death. Later, Samson killed 1000 Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey. Then he judged Israel for 20 years. Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah. The Philistine convinced her to entice Samson to reveal the source of his strength. She used her passion and charm to seduce Samson into confessing that his hair was the source of his power. Delilah shaved his hair and summoned the Philistines as Samson drifted off to sleep. They arrested him, blinded him, and bound him with fetters of brass. The Philistines confined Samson to the prison-house and reduced him to a slave laborer. As his hair began to grow back, so did his strength. The Philistines paraded him before the people in the house of Dagon, their God. Samson mustered enough power to pull down the pillars that supported the building. The building caved in, and all the occupants in the building were killed, including Samson. His relatives retrieved his body and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in Manoah's burying place, his father.