Questions.

1. According to Judges, why were the Philistines allowed to rule Israel for forty years?
2. Complete: Samson’s birth was prophesied by an angel, and his mother was told he would be dedicated as a _.
3. How did young Samson deteriorate his strength while going through the vineyard at Timnath?
4. What did Samson do when the Philistines solved his riddle about honey and the lion?
5. How did Samson destroy the fields of the Philistines?
6. How did Samuel kill a thousand men at Lehi after being bound?
7. How did God quench Samson’s thirst after the victory at Lehi?
8. How was Delilah able to cut Samson’s hair and deprive him of his strength?
9. After Samson was captured and blinded, what job did the Philistines give him at Gaza?
10. How did Samson kill the Philistine rulers and a large number of celebrants honoring their god Dagon?

Answers.

1. Israel sinned against God. Judges 13:1.
2. Nazarite. Judges 13:3-5.
3. By killing a lion. Judge 14:5-6.
4. He killed thirty men at Ashkelon. Judges 14:19.
5. With fiery torches tied to foxes’ tails. Judges 15:4-5.
6. With jawbone of an ass/donkey. Judges 15:14-15.
7. A spring opened up. Judges 15:19.
8. She lulled him to sleep in her lap. Judges 16:19.
9. Grinding at the prison mill. Judges 16:21.
10. He removed two middle columns of the building. Judges 16:29-30.