What do you know about Samson?  Is he a Bible character you particularly admire or respect?

His story, told in four chapters in Judges, is full of foolish choices. He had a special weakness for Philistine women. His last Philistine girl friend, Delilah, kept bugging him to tell her the secret of his strength. Twice he lied to her, and twice she sent Philistine men to capture him. What kept him from turning his back on her instead of finally telling her the truth?

His death amounts to suicide.

And he had such a great start in life!

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