A Danite, son of Manoah; miraculous birth of; a Nazarite from his mother's womb; the mother forbidden to drink wine orstrong drink, or to eat any ceremonially unclean thing duringgestation(Judges 13:2-7,24,25)
Desires a Philistine woman for his wife; kills a lion (Judges 14:1-7)
His marriage feast and the riddle propounded (Judges 14:8-19)
Cohabits with Delilah, a prostitute; her machinations with the Philistines to overcome him(Judges 16:1-20)
Is blinded by the Philistines and confined to hard labor in prison; pulls down the pillars of the temple, meets his death,and kills a multitude of his enemies(Judges 16:21-31; Hebrews 11:32)
