Delilah

Delilah (from Hebrew " dal ". Weak character, poor Other explanations put the name in connection with words like " dala " or " dalal " which means as much as " Flirt " or " pampering "), even Delilah or Delilah, is passed on through the Tanakh and the Old Testament of the Bible philistinische woman who betrayed the indomitable as applicable Israelite judge Samson (or Shimshon / Samson ), and his enemies surrendered.

Delilah lived the Book of Judges ( Chapter 16 ) to the valley and the brook of Sorek. It was a small valley, almost a wadi, now located on the border of Israel to the Gaza Strip.

Samson, a Nazarite of God ( Nazarite ) from birth was blessed by God with invincible strength. In accordance with the requirements of the Nasiräats should never get a razor to his hair, otherwise he would lose his strength. In numerous adventures Samson fought against the enemies of his people, he always defeated and therefore was considered invincible. The Bible records that Samson fell in love with a girl from the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah (Judg. 16:4). Delilah belonged to the people of the Philistines. The princes of their tribe promised her 1100 silver pieces when they discover the secret of Samson's strength and would betray them. Delilah asked Samson ie after the source of his great strength, three times she received from him a wrong answer. So he told her

Each time, as soon as Samson was supposedly weak, called Delilah, " Samson, the Philistines are upon you!" - But in all three cases, Samson was ready to fight. However, when the fourth time complained Delilah, Samson would not trust her enough. "There was die matt his heart " and he told her his secret. Delilah knew that this time he had told her the truth. She let the lords of the Philistines, Samson 's hair sections in your sleep and it then appears.

Following Samson's arrest, the Bible tells nothing about Delilah. Maybe she was in the temple of the god Dagon, as Samson brought him with his recovered strength to collapse and in their own death - according to the Bible - so that more people killed than during his lifetime.

However, this remains conjecture. Nevertheless, the conclusion is obvious since Samson cried out, " O Lord GOD, remember me and give me strength, God, only this once, so I am for my two eyes " once "! Avenged of the Philistines " Perhaps he also meant the present Delilah.

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