Posts in the category “Judges.”

July, 2007

Samson and the Magical Mystery Hair

Posted Monday, July 23, 2007 by Adam Mattison
Categories: Judges   Comments: 8
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     Every good Theoblogian knows by heart the story of how Samson lost his strength. Despite all his success against swords and spears, he allows himself to fall into the hands of Delilah, she wheedles from him the secret of how to make him weak like any other man, and he ends his life as a slave to the Philistines. However, recent study of the Samson cycle has led me to ask the question, how did Samson know this would happen? Who told him that shaving his hair would take away his strength? I believe the secret to his secret lies in the terms of the Nazirite vow. Read more of Samson and the Magical Mystery Hair