Samson
Judges
Old Testament

Samson

Strength and undoing

The last and most turbulent of the judges.

Reading plan

Judges 13Judges 14Judges 16

How the story unfolds

  1. 1

    A nazirite from birth

    Samson's birth is announced with a vow attached.

    Judges 13
  2. 2

    Riddles and reprisals

    Conflict with the Philistines escalates.

    Judges 14
  3. 3

    Delilah and Gaza

    The secret is told and the story ends in the temple of Dagon.

    Judges 16

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