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| Samson: Judges 16: 30 |
Thinking about this story in the Bible and reading it again
it makes me think how men react to beautiful woman. The Bible tells us that Samson fell in love
with a woman in the Valley of Sorek and her name was Delilah. When I think of a beautiful woman I see
someone that is well-built, beautiful long flowing black hair, blue eyes and
fair skinned. Her beauty would also be
part of the favour she enjoyed with all men as they would have admired and
loved her. When I see Samson I feel that
he would most probably be very handsome, strong and with flowing dark brown
hair. He probably had brown eyes and
wherever he walked the woman would flock to be at his side. He must have had a majestic stance and look
about him.
With a lot of nagging Samson gave into Delilah who was
motivated by money to get the rewards the Philistine ruler’s would hand
her. It seems the Council of the
Philistine rulers were giving her in return for the successful captured of
Samson eleven hundred shekels of silver.
How many men were serving on the Council, it doesn’t state but the
amount of money offered was enormous and most probably enough for her to live
off without worrying about working again.
Delilah was relentless in finding out what was the source of
Samson’s great strength. She would keep
nagging him the Bible tells us that it tired him to death and of course he broke
down and told her his secret. Delilah
sent a report to the Philistine rulers that she knew the secret and that they
should come back once again. Delilah let
Samson lay in her lap where he fell asleep and while he was sleeping she called
for the barber to come and shave off his seven braids of hair. Samson’s strength left him and he was as a
normal man. The saddest part in this
story is the fact that the Philistine captured Samson and they gouged out his eyes
and took him down to Gaza. Samson then
had been put to work in the prison grinding and they didn’t notice that Samson’s
hair was growing back again.
The ending is sad but sweet.
Samson asked that he be placed next to the pillars which supported the
temple and he then prayed to God and destroyed the entire temple. He killed more Philistine that day then in
his live time. In the New Testament
Samson is mentioned with other great people.
Hebrews 11: 32 - 35
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