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Samson
Nazirite judge of great strength who fought the Philistines.
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Samson — Nazirite judge of great strength who fought the Philistines.
Parents
- Manoah father Judges 13:2Judges 13:24Judges 16:31
- Manoah's wife mother Judges 13:3Judges 13:24
Spouses
- The woman of Timnah wife Judges 14:2Judges 14:20Judges 15:1
Brothers and sisters
- Samson's brothers brother Interpretive Judges 16:31
"Brothers" can mean kinsmen here; Judges 13 tells only of Samson's birth.
Tribe, clan and house
- Tribe: Dan Member Judges 13:2Judges 13:25
Office and succession (not family)
- Abdon preceded in office — Leader of Israel in the time of the judges Judges 12:13–15Judges 13:1Judges 13:24
Judges does not link Samson's twenty years to Abdon's; periods may have overlapped.
Associates and opponents (not family)
- Delilah opponent Judges 16:4–21
Samson loved Delilah (Judges 16:4); Scripture does not say they married. She handed him over to the Philistines.
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