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Old Testament

Shimshon

Samson

1100 BC – 1061 BC


The son of Manoah, born to a barren woman as a Nazirite to God, who grew and was blessed by the LORD (Judges 13:24). At his death he pulled down the temple of the Philistines, so that those he killed in his death were more than those he had killed in his life (Judges 16:30). This bar reflects his approximate period of activity as a judge.

Traditional biblical chronology (Masoretic text) — estimated

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