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Samson kills a lion and fights the Philistines

1137–1136 BCUssher date

Judges 14–15

Samson tore apart a lion with his bare hands, lost a riddle contest at his wedding, and struck a thousand Philistines with a donkey's jawbone.

He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, put out his hand, took it, and struck a thousand men with it.

Judges 15:15 (World English Bible)

Samson demanded a Philistine wife from Timnah, and his parents didn't know this was from Yahweh, who was seeking an occasion against the Philistines. Betrayed at his own wedding feast, Samson set off a cycle of revenge: 300 foxes with torches burned the Philistine fields, and at Lehi he struck down a thousand men.

Places

AshkelonTimnah

Dating notes

Ussher: wedding and lion 1137 BC; foxes and the jawbone 1136 BC.

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