JOSHUA and JUDGES ... CHAPTER 15 ...
IMAGINE HAVING A RELATIVE LIKE SAMSON!!!
JOSHUA 15:1,5,12-14> THE ALLOTMENT FOR THE TRIBE OF THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH ACCORDING TO THEIR CLANS REACHED SOUTHWARD TO THE BOUNDARY OF EDOM, TO THE WILDERNESS OF ZIN AT THE FARTHEST SOUTH. AND THE EAST BOUNDARY IS THE SALT SEA, TO THE MOUTH OF THE JORDAN. AND THE BOUNDARY ON THE NORTH SIDE RUNS FROM THE BAY OF THE SEA AT THE MOUTH OF THE JORDAN. AND THE WEST BOUNDARY WAS THE GREAT SEA WITH ITS COASTLINE. THIS IS THE BOUNDARY AROUND THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH ACCORDING TO THEIR CLANS. ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD TO JOSHUA, HE GAVE TO CALEB THE SON OF JEPHUNNEH A PORTION AMONG THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH. AND CALEB DROVE OUT FROM THERE THE THREE SONS OF ANAK. JUDGES 15:1-6,11-15> AFTER SOME DAYS, AT THE TIME OF WHEAT HARVEST, SAMSON WENT TO VISIT HIS WIFE WITH A YOUNG GOAT. AND HE SAID, “I WILL GO IN TO MY WIFE IN THE CHAMBER.” BUT HER FATHER WOULD NOT ALLOW HIM TO GO IN. AND HER FATHER SAID, “I REALLY THOUGHT THAT YOU UTTERLY HATED HER, SO I GAVE HER TO YOUR COMPANION (BEST MAN). IS NOT HER YOUNGER SISTER MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN SHE? PLEASE TAKE HER INSTEAD.” AND SAMSON SAID TO THEM, “THIS TIME I SHALL BE INNOCENT IN REGARD TO THE PHILISTINES, WHEN I DO THEM HARM.” SO SAMSON WENT AND CAUGHT 300 FOXES AND TOOK TORCHES. AND HE TURNED THEM TAIL TO TAIL AND PUT A TORCH BETWEEN EACH PAIR OF TAILS. AND WHEN HE HAD SET FIRE TO THE TORCHES, HE LET THE FOXES GO INTO THE STANDING GRAIN OF THE PHILISTINES AND SET FIRE TO THE STACKED GRAIN AND THE STANDING GRAIN, AS WELL AS THE OLIVE ORCHARDS. THEN THE PHILISTINES SAID, “WHO HAS DONE THIS?” AND THEY SAID, “SAMSON, THE SON-IN-LAW OF THE TIMNITE, BECAUSE HE HAS TAKEN HIS WIFE AND GIVEN HER TO HIS COMPANION.” AND THE PHILISTINES CAME UP AND BURNED HER AND HER FATHER WITH FIRE. THEN 3,000 MEN OF JUDAH WENT DOWN TO THE CLEFT OF THE ROCK OF ELAM, AND SAID TO SAMSON, “DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT THE PHILISTINES ARE RULERS OVER US? WE HAVE COME DOWN TO BIND YOU.” AND SAMSON FOUND A FRESH DONKEY JAWBONE & KILLED 1,000 MEN.