Samson Biography, Life, Interesting Facts

Samson was a mythical character described in the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible. He was a fabled warrior of ancient Israel, the last of them. He possessed enormous strength which was said to be acquired from his long uncut hair. According to the mythical story of Samson’s life, his mother was unable to conceive a child years after her conjugal life with Manoah, father of Samson. An angel then blessed the couple to have a son. According to the terms of the blessings, this son must follow the strict prohibitions of a Nazirite life. By practicing such firm proscriptions Samson will be able to preserve his tremendous amount of strength and his capability to perform superhuman accomplishments. However, to protect his power, he must maintain his long hair and no razor should touch his hair. He also cannot drink any alcoholic beverages.

SUPERHUMAN EXPLOITS

The biblical account of Samson’s life is full of extraordinary, mythical and superhuman achievements. According to such myths, Samson butchered a lion with only his bare hands. It also states that he destroyed an entire army of Israel’s arch-enemy Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey only. However, all of his miraculous and exceptional strengths would disappear into thin air, if he violated any condition of his stern Nazirite life.

A WOMANIZER

The strange fact of Samson’s life is that in spite of such strict upbringing conforming to the standards of a Nazirite, he was a womanizer. He chased the persons of opposite sex perpetually throughout his life. Philistines were arch rivals of Israelites. As per rules of the Israeli community, Samson could not have any relation with any Philistine woman. However, to the utter surprise of the historians, he chased a Philistine woman incessantly.