Samson
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title:
Samson
text:
Samson was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges and one of the last leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution of the monarchy. He is sometimes considered as an Israelite version of the popular Near Eastern folk hero also embodied by the Sumerian Gilgamesh and Enkidu, as well as the Greek Heracles. Samson was given superhuman powers by God in the form of extreme strength. The biblical account states that Samson was a Nazirite and that he was gi
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wiki
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description:
Figure in the Book of Judges
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson
date created:
2002-11-16T20:24:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T09:38:20Z
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