Samson is consecrated to the Lord as a Nazirite from the womb. God had a plan that Samson would be used to begin to deliver the Israelites from the hands of the Philistines. As he grew the Lord blessed him.
He chose a woman from among the Philistines as his bride, rather than someone from his own people. His parents did not know that this was of the Lord, for at this time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.
Time and time again, the Lord was with Samson and made super-human power available to him to perform great acts. He became a judge over Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines. The Philistines were so afraid of him that they greatly desired to take and bind him.
He fell in love with Delilah and the Philistines enticed her with money to find out the secret to his great strength. After lying over and over her nagging annoyed him so much that he tells her the truth. That no razor has ever touched his head. While he slept, she had his head shaved and he could not defend himself against his captors.
Samson was a great warrior and did many great feats for the people of Israel during his life. Even in his death, he sought to take revenge on the lords and leaders of the Philistines. He cried out to the Lord to strengthen him one more time and God did. Those that he defeated in his death were more than all the others he defeated in his life. He was used mightily to deliver the people of Israel.
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