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Episode 19: The One Who Struggles with God (The Historical Books and Biblical Archaeology)

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Samson and the Philistines

Samson's mother was barren, but God told her that she would have a son. She was told not to cut her baby's hair, for he would be a consecrated Nazarite. On the way to court his perspective fiance, Samson encountered a lion and killed it. He then took some honey from the carcass,. and he ate it. Soon, Samson became engaged to the Philistine woman. Prior to their wedding, he decided he would pose the Philistines a riddle. If they could solve it, he would give them sixty fine garments; if they couldn't, they would give him the same prize. The answer was the lion that he had killed, and

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