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Samson and the Riddle of the Lion

Name: Samson and the Riddle of the Lion
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SKU: wjpas0587
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Samson stands with folded arms beside the carcass of the lion he killed, while the Philistine woman from Timnah pleads with him. The scene points to the tense wedding-feast episode in Judges 14, where Samson’s secret riddle came from the lion’s body: “Out of the eater came something to eat. Out of the strong came something sweet.” The fallen lion recalls the earlier moment when the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon Samson and gave him strength to tear the beast apart with his bare hands. The woman’s urgent expression reflects the pressure placed on her by her people to uncover Samson’s answer. This artwork emphasizes strength, secrecy, betrayal, and the unfolding conflict between Samson and the Philistines.

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Keywords	judges 14 lion riddle Philistine woman samson Timnah
Secondary Keywords	anger angry betrayal dead discuss discussing discussion dying female hair israelite Israelite judge kill killed lion lion carcass long look looking male man might mighty old testament philistine Philistines power powerful pride proud riddle Samson wife secrecy simple Spirit of the Lord strength strong symbol symbolism talk talking warrior wedding feast wife woman
Tertiary Keywords	conflict strength
Scriptures	Judges 14:12-18 Judges 14:5-9 Judges 14 12 And Samson said to them, “Let me now put a riddle to you. If you can tell me what it is, within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes, 13 but if you cannot tell me what it is, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes.” And they said to him, “Put your riddle, that we may hear it.” 14 And he said to them, “Out of the eater came something to eat. Out of the strong came something sweet.” And in three days they could not solve the riddle. 15 On the fourth day they said to Samson's wife, “Entice your husband to tell us what the riddle is, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire. Have you invited us here to impoverish us?” 16 And Samson's wife wept over him and said, “You only hate me; you do not love me. You have put a riddle to my people, and you have not told me what it is.” And he said to her, “Behold, I have not told my father nor my mother, and shall I tell you?” 17 She wept before him the seven days that their feast lasted, and on the seventh day he told her, because she pressed him hard. Then she told the riddle to her people. 18 And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” And he said to them, “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have found out my riddle.” Judges 14 5 Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnah, and they came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion came toward him roaring. 6 Then the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon him, and although he had nothing in his hand, he tore the lion in pieces as one tears a young goat. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done. 7 Then he went down and talked with the woman, and she was right in Samson's eyes. 8 After some days he returned to take her. And he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey. 9 He scraped it out into his hands and went on, eating as he went. And he came to his father and mother and gave some to them, and they ate. But he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey from the carcass of the lion.

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