-A judge (leader, hero) of Israel Judges 16:31 -A Danite, son of Manoah; miraculous birth of; a Nazarite from his mother's womb; the mother forbidden to drink wine or strong drink, or to eat any ceremonially unclean thing during gestation Judges 13:2-7, 24, 25 -Desires a Philistine woman for his wife; kills a lion Judges 14:1-7 -His marriage feast and the riddle propounded Judges 14:8-19 -Kills thirty Philistines Judges 14:19 -Wife of, estranged Judges 14:20; 15:1, 2 -Is avenged for the estrangement of his wife Judges 15:3-8 -His great strength Judges 15:7-14; Hebrews 11:32 -Kills one-thousand Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey Judges 15:13-17 -Miraculously supplied with water Judges 15:18, 19 -Cohabits with Delilah, a prostitute; her machinations with the Philistines to overcome him Judges 16:1-20 -Is blinded by the Philistines and confined to hard labor in prison; pulls down the pillars of the temple, meets his death, and kills a multitude of his enemies Judges 16:21-31; Hebrews 11:32
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