A woman she gave birth to a boy and she named him Samson. He grew and he was blessed and the spirit of a warrior began to stir him while he was in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
One day when Samson was in Timnah he noticed a certain girl, her name Delilah, and when he got home he told his father and mother that he wanted to marry her. They objected, and Samson told his father, “She is the one I want. Get her for me.” Because, I suppose, Samson was too lazy to woo her his own damn self, and of course this was how things were at the time.
Unfortunately.
As Samson and his parents were gone to Timnah, a young lion attacked Samson in the vineyards on the outskirts of the town. At that moment the spirits came mightily upon him and since he had no weapon, he ripped the lion’s jaws apart with his bare hands.
Some things involving love and hate and weddings and serious misunderstandings I'm sure you don't care about happened, and then Samson was captured with the intent to be killed. He was tied with two ropes and led away to Lehi, and when he arrived the ropes with which he was tied snapped like thread and fell from his wrists. Then he picked up a donkey’s jawbone that was lying on the ground and killed a thousand men with it. Tossing away the jawbone, he cries out:
“Heaps upon heaps, All with a donkey’s jaw! I’ve killed a thousand men, All with a donkey’s jaw!”
The families of the people that he killed try to hunt him down. They implore the woman, Delilah, to find the source of his strength. He tricks her, several times, by giving her lies and then one truth. She divines which is the true way to sap his strength, and does so. His hair. It's his hair. She cuts off all of his hair. He's blinded by the families, and he is forced to grind grain in Gaza.
One day, there is meant to be a sacrifice. It's decided that it should be Samson, and he is brought to temple. It has been many, many months and his hair is grown again. He asks the servant who is leading him to temple to allow him to lean on the pillars of the building, because he feels tired and sick.
The spirit of his strength comes back upon him, and he pushes the pillars down. This brings the entire temple down upon him and the families, who number in the thousands.
Samson and Delilah, as told to Peter Pan
One day when Samson was in Timnah he noticed a certain girl, her name Delilah, and when he got home he told his father and mother that he wanted to marry her. They objected, and Samson told his father, “She is the one I want. Get her for me.” Because, I suppose, Samson was too lazy to woo her his own damn self, and of course this was how things were at the time.
Unfortunately.
As Samson and his parents were gone to Timnah, a young lion attacked Samson in the vineyards on the outskirts of the town. At that moment the spirits came mightily upon him and since he had no weapon, he ripped the lion’s jaws apart with his bare hands.
Some things involving love and hate and weddings and serious misunderstandings I'm sure you don't care about happened, and then Samson was captured with the intent to be killed. He was tied with two ropes and led away to Lehi, and when he arrived the ropes with which he was tied snapped like thread and fell from his wrists. Then he picked up a donkey’s jawbone that was lying on the ground and killed a thousand men with it. Tossing away the jawbone, he cries out:
“Heaps upon heaps,
All with a donkey’s jaw!
I’ve killed a thousand men,
All with a donkey’s jaw!”
The families of the people that he killed try to hunt him down. They implore the woman, Delilah, to find the source of his strength. He tricks her, several times, by giving her lies and then one truth. She divines which is the true way to sap his strength, and does so. His hair. It's his hair. She cuts off all of his hair. He's blinded by the families, and he is forced to grind grain in Gaza.
One day, there is meant to be a sacrifice. It's decided that it should be Samson, and he is brought to temple. It has been many, many months and his hair is grown again. He asks the servant who is leading him to temple to allow him to lean on the pillars of the building, because he feels tired and sick.
The spirit of his strength comes back upon him, and he pushes the pillars down. This brings the entire temple down upon him and the families, who number in the thousands.