Category: Judges 16
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The sojourners
Judges 16:30 “And Samson said, ‘Let me die with the Philistines.’” Psalm 39:4-5, 12-13 “O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a…
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He died with his enemies
Judges 16:30 “And Samson said, ‘Let me die with the Philistines.’” Samson was such an enigma. Here was one who was set apart to God as a Nazirite “from the womb to the day of his death” (Judges 13:7). He was set apart for the work of saving Israel from the hand of the Philistines…
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Tough love
Judges 16:4-5; 15-18 “After this he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, ‘Seduce him, and see where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to humble him. And we…
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