Samson Commits Mass Murder – Judges – The Brick Bible

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The Philistines gave Samson thirty attendants, and he said to them, 'Let me give you a riddle. If you can give me the answer during the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty fine robes. If not, you will give me thirty fine robes.' They replied, 'Let us hear your riddle.'

1 of 10 Judges 14:11–13

Samson said to them, 'Out of the eater came something to eat. Out of the strong came something sweet.'

2 of 10 Judges 14:14

For three days they could not solve the riddle, and on the fourth day they said to Samson's bride, 'Coax the answer to the riddle out of your husband or we will burn you and your father's family! Did you bring us here to rob us?'

3 of 10 Judges 14:14–15

So Samson's bride went and cried before him, 'You only hate me, you do not love me! You gave the men of my people a riddle, but you have not told me the answer!'

4 of 10 Judges 14:16

Samson said to her, 'I have not even told my father or mother, so why should I tell you?'

5 of 10 Judges 14:16

She cried before him the seven days of the feast, until finally on the seventh day she had persisted so much that he told her the answer.

6 of 10 Judges 14:17

She told the answer to her people, and before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the town said to him, 'What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?'

7 of 10 Judges 14:17–18

The spirit of Yahweh then seized Samson, and he went to Ashkelon and killed thirty men.

8 of 10 Judges 14:19

He stripped them of their robes and gave them to the men who solved the riddle.

9 of 10 Judges 14:19

Samson was furious and went back home.

10 of 10 Judges 14:19

Samson Commits Arson

Samson Commits Arson