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Title: Samson and Delilah


1
Samson and Delilah
  • Justin Larimore, Megan Proffit, and Lauren
    Buchholz

2
Summary of Story
  • Delilah asked by Philistines to find the source
    of Samsons strength
  • Supposedly paid a lot of money
  • Asks him four times
  • Samson gives her three wrong answers
  • Fourth time, Philistines come in, cut his hair,
    and gauge his eyes

3
Israel at the Time
  • Under the control of the Philistines
  • Philistines wanted to get rid of Samson
  • Posed a threat
  • Samson was thought to be the deliverer of the
    Israelites
  • Free them from the Philistines

4
Samson
  • Born to a barren mother
  • Nazarite from birth
  • Strongest man in the world
  • Strength came from the length of his hair
  • Eliminated an entire army with a donkeys
    jawbone
  • Tore a lion apart with his bare hands

5
What is a Nazarite?
  • Took a vow (Numbers 61-21) to agree to
  • Abstain from wine/grapes or anything in relation
  • Refrain from touching a dead body
  • Keep hair and beard long
  • Timeframes of being a Nazarite
  • Nazarite for a set time
  • Nazarite for life
  • Nazarite like Samson

6
Who is Delilah?
  • Philistine?
  • Beautiful
  • Spy/tool
  • Sent to find out the true source of Samsons
    strength
  • Hebrew translation
  • night
  • flirtatious

7
Nagging
  • Samson tells Delilah a false answer three times
    when asked how he could be bound
  • Seven fresh bowstrings
  • New ropes
  • Weave seven locks of head with web and pin
  • Numbers 1615fourth time Delilah asks Samson
  • Then she said to him, How can you say, I love
    you, when your heard is not with me? You have
    mocked me three times now and have not told me
    what makes your stregnth so great

8
Love and Betrayal
  • Did Delilah really love Samson?
  • Judges 164
  • The Bible doesnt mention here after Samson is
    captured or after his death, this could be proof
    that she was just a tool for the Philistines.
  • Did Samson really love Delilah?
  • He says he loves her (Judges 1615) but yet there
    is evidence he doesnt fully trust her because he
    chooses not to tell Delilah the truth the first
    three times she questions him.

9
Examples of Weak Overpowering Strong
  • If we want to use other movie thingscruel
    intentions, wild things, etc
  • Other biblical passages? (david and goliath, adam
    and eve, etc)
  • Meaning of their names, day vs night different
    cultures/family and bad to mix

10
Samson and Delilah Pop Culture Icon
  • 1949 Movie
  • Simpsons episode
  • Renaissance art
  • Slides with copies of these pictures follow? I
    dont know
  • Cultureetc.i dont know
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