Samson and Delilah - Judges 16
Who announced Samson's birth to his mother?
An angel of the Lord
The prophet Samuel
Manoah himself
A Nazirite priest
Under which special vow was Samson to be raised, marked by abstaining from cutting his hair?
Aaronic priesthood vow
Nazirite vow
Mosaic purity law
Covenant of circumcision
Which feat of strength did Samson perform when he encountered a lion?
He drove it away with a herd of oxen
He killed it with the jawbone of a donkey
He tore the lion apart with his bare hands
He trapped it with a net
What object did Samson use to slay a thousand Philistine warriors?
A sling and stones
A sword taken from a Philistine
A spear from Gaza
The jawbone of a donkey
In which Philistine city did Samson pull down the temple pillars, killing himself and many Philistines?
Ashdod
Ekron
Gaza
Ashkelon
An angel told Samson's mother that her son would begin to deliver Israel from the Philistines.
True
False
Samson's riddle at his wedding — "Out of the eater came something to eat" — referred to which earlier event in his life?
Killing a thousand men with a jawbone
Finding honey in the carcass of the lion he had killed
Pulling down the Philistine temple
Being bound with new ropes and escaping
Delilah is described in the Bible as coming from which place?
The Valley of Sorek
The hill country of Ephraim
The city of Zorah
The plain of Sharon
Approximately how many years did Samson serve as a judge over Israel, according to the biblical account?
20 years
40 years
10 years
7 years
How did Samson suffer physical punishment after being handed over by Delilah?
The Philistines gouged out his eyes
He was branded on the forehead
His hands were cut off
His legs were broken
Which tactic did Samson use to burn Philistine crops as revenge?
He flooded their fields by diverting a river
He set fire to the fields during a dry wind with a flaming arrow
He bribed locals to burn the harvest at night
He tied torches to the tails of 300 foxes and set them loose
The principal narratives about Samson are found in which book of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament?
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
Kings
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