Samson
Jue 13, 1 – Jue 16, 31
Samson was born consecrated to God, to begin to free Israel from the Philistines. He told Delilah the secret of his strength, he was betrayed, and he was locked up. In the end, Samson asked the Lord to remember him. Jue 13, 1 – Jue 16, 31
The story, in plain words
Manoah, of the tribe of Dan, had a wife who could not have children. The angel of the Lord appeared to her and told her that she would have a son. Judges 13:2-3
He told her never to cut the child’s hair. He would be a nazirite, that is, consecrated to God from his mother’s womb. He would begin to free Israel from the power of the Philistines, the people who ruled over Israel. Judges 13:5
The woman had a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the Lord blessed him. Judges 13:24
When he was grown, Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah. Judges 16:4 The Philistine leaders offered Delilah a lot of silver to find out where Samson’s great…
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See the mapWhat the Bible says
Jue 13, 1 – Jue 16, 31
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: and he delivered them into the hands of the Philistines forty years.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
To talk about together
- Samson told Delilah the secret of his consecration, even though she had already tried to hand him over to the Philistines. Why do you think he did it?
- In the end, Samson remembered God and asked him for help. Have you ever come back to God after making a mistake?
- For the child: what special thing has God given you?