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Samson,
Shimshon (
Hebrew:
שִׁמְשׁוֹן,
Standard Šimšon Tiberian Šimšôn; meaning "of the sun" – perhaps proclaiming he was radiant and mighty, or "[Onewho] Serves [God]") or
Shamshoum شمشون (Arabic) is the third to last of the
Judges of the ancient
Children of Israel mentioned in the
Hebrew Bible, the
Tanakh, and the
Talmud. He is described in the
Book of Judges chapters 13 to 16. He is believed to be buried in
Tel Tzora in
Israel overlooking the
Sorek valley. There reside two large gravestones of Samson and his father Manoah. Nearby stands Manoach’s altar (Judges 13:19-24). It is located between the cities of Zorah and Eshtaol. wrestling a lion, An
angel from God appears to
Manoah, an Israelite from the
tribe of Dan, in the city of
Zorah, and to his wife, who is sterile. The intended marriage is actually part of God's plan to strike at the Philistines.
Later, Samson goes to
Gaza, where he stays at a harlot's house. His enemies wait at the gate of the city to ambush him, but he rips the gate up and carries it to "the hill that's in front of
Hebron." Delilah calls for a servant to shave Samson's seven locks. They summon Samson so that he may entertain them.
After his death, Samson's family recovers his body from the rubble and buries him near the tomb of his father Manoah. The name "Samson" is derived from the Hebrew word "shemesh", which means the sun, so that Samson bore the name of God, who is called "a sun and shield" in ; and as God protected Israel, so did Samson watch over it in his generation, judging the people even as did God., but when the spirit of God came upon him he could step with one stride from
Zorah to
Eshtaol, while the hairs of his head arose and clashed against one another so that they could be heard for a like distance. yet his superhuman strength, like
Goliath's, brought woe upon its possessor., and he piously refrained from taking the name of God in vain...
These speculations are in stark contrast to the historical depictions expressed in the Bible and are therefore mutually exclusive.
Samson parades
Samson parades are annual parades of a Samson figure in different villages in the
Lungau,
Salzburg (state) and two villages in the north-west
Steiermark (Austria).
Samson is one of the giant figures at the "Ducasse" festivities, which takes place at
Ath,
Belgium.
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