Philistines

own business, an angel appears and he tells her that she will give birth to a son. The angel also tells her that she should never cut her son’s hair because the child will be a Nazarite to God and he will deliver Israel out of the hands of the Philistines. After Manoah’s wife hears the words of the angel, she shares the good news with husband. While it is unclear whether Manoah believed his wife or not, the bible tells the readers that Manoah asked the Lord to send the angel again and tell them…

The story of Joshua conquering Jericho, and Samson’s bringing about of Israel’s deliverance from the Philistines, depict the decline of Israel from faultless success and obedience. The episode “Homeland” of History Channel’s The Bible tells the astonishing story of Joshua and Samson, who are given divine power and mercy through the Lord to secure the Promise Land. Both Joshua and Samson receive a calling from the Lord through a messenger to secure the land because through the Lord both men are…

life, he once again was arrested. In the arrest of Samson the Philistines blinded him. Over 3,000 Philistines gathered to celebrate their fulfillment in arresting Samson. They continued to celebrate in bringing Samson out in front of everyone and humiliate and mock who he was. It was then that Samson realized his purpose of why he was created and why God choose him. Samson understood that God made purpose for him to weaken the Philistines nation. Samson requested for God to give him powerful…

lived in a time when the Philistine city states on the Gaza plain were subjugating the Israelites who lived in the hills. The book of Judges is full of Philistines running roughshod over the Israelites, and part of the initial success was their iron age weaponry. The Israelites were still in the bronze age, weapons wise, but that was beginning to change. Saul and his son Jonathan were among the first Israelites to possess iron weapons and with them they fought the Philistines, and led the…

The Philistine rulers promised Delilah to pay her if she found out the source of Samson’s great power. She was indeed successful with that and was able to find out that it was his hair. The Philistines cut his hair and surely God left him. The Philistines took Samson’s eye out and praised their God Dagon for putting Samson in their hand. The Philistines were then celebrating and were high in their spirit as they wanted Samson…

war with the Philistines. As the armies prepare, the Philistines offer an alternative: Goliath, their champion, will fight a single one to…

sons had been killed, and the Philistines had captured the Ark of the Covenant, Eli died! (3:12-18) His daughter-in-law, learning of her husband's and Eli's deaths, suddenly went into labor and gave birth to a son she named "Ichabod" (means "God's glory is gone from Israel") {3:19-22} The Bible says that the Philistines ruled Israel forty years; (this probably means a generation). The Ark of the Lord was in the Philistine country seven months. (6:1) The Philistines had an outbreak of…

on his head, not drink wine nor strong drink. Samson was born to be a judge 20 years in the days of the Philistines (Judges 15:20). Samson was a hero and very powerful in his might. But as chosen man of God, he doesn’t take heed to the commandments of God, to run away from the strange woman. Samson weakness was with a woman, he got married to a woman in Timnath the daughter of the Philistines (Judges 14:1). And secondly, he went to a harlot in Gaza (Judges 16:1). The last, Samson fell in loved…

Philosophy can be correlated to the “way of life”, which is a form of thinking that can guide you to a “higher and better way”. In the book, “Get a Grip on Philosophy” by Neil Turnbull, Turnbull speaks about the Sophist and how they connect to the philistines and technocrats. In addition, to prove the ascent of knowledge one must look at the Allegory of the Myth of the Cave and understand Socrates and Plato’s effort to find what Turnbull would call the…

The longer Saul stared at the armies the hotter the flames burned because he was looking for something that was not going too happened. The Philistine armies surrounding him and the flames burning inside him this is a recipe for disaster. When we look around us in a time for turmoil and then we let our minds run wild as emotions kick in we are scarred. We do stupid things that have dire and lasting consciences that may not be fixed able. I believe it’s in these very seconds of battle with in a…