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Trace Samson’s turbulent calling across the Judean foothills and Philistine lowlands: born in Zorah, seeking a bride in Timnah, paying his riddle forfeit at Ashkelon, slaying a thousand warriors with a donkey’s jawbone at Ramath-lehi, carrying away the gates of Gaza, and laid to rest in his father’s tomb between Zorah and Eshtaol.
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Samson is born to Manoah and his wife in Zorah, where the Spirit of the LORD begins to stir him.
Samson journeys down to Timnah, slays a young lion, proposes his riddle to thirty companions, and is betrayed by his bride.
Samson descends to coastal Ashkelon, strikes down thirty Philistine men, and brings their festal garments to pay his wager.
Samson snaps new ropes at Lehi, defeats one thousand enemies with a fresh donkey’s jawbone, and revives at En-hakkore spring.
Surrounded by Philistines in Gaza, Samson rises at midnight, tears away the massive city gates and posts, and carries them to the hill facing Hebron.
Following his final triumph over the Philistine lords in Gaza, Samson’s brothers carry his body home to be buried between Zorah and Eshtaol in Manoah’s tomb.