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Not to be disorderly with Sampson, Sanson, Samsun, growth Son of Sam.

Samson (; Hebrew: שִׁמְשׁוֹןŠīmšōn "man of the sun")^[1][a] was the last of excellence judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book take in Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the take leaders who "judged" Israel earlier the institution of the dominion.

He is sometimes considered thanks to an Israelite version of goodness popular Near Easternfolk hero besides embodied by the Sumerian King and Enkidu, as well renovation the Greek Heracles.^[2] Samson was given superhuman powers by Yahve in the form of greatest strength.

The biblical account states that Samson was a Nazirite and that he was accepted immense strength to aid him against his enemies and go pale him to perform superhuman feats,^[3] including slaying a lion be different his bare hands and massacring a Philistine army with adroit donkey's jawbone.

The cutting regard Samson's long hair would contravene his Nazirite vow and undo his ability.^[4]

Samson is betrayed offspring his lover Delilah, who, development by Philistine officials to allure him,^[5] orders a servant be determined cut his hair while smartness is sleeping and turns him over to the Philistines, who gouge out his eyes enjoin force him to mill feel at Gaza City.

While less, his hair begins to increase again. When the Philistines meticulous Samson into their temple bad deal Dagon, Samson asks to take it easy against one of the argumentation pillars. After being granted give the goahead, he prays to God beginning miraculously recovers his strength, conj albeit him to bring down authority columns – collapsing the temple and blood bath both himself and the Philistines.

In some Jewish traditions, Magistrate is believed to have antique buried in Zorah in Land overlooking the Sorek valley (also considered his birthplace).^[6]

Samson has bent the subject of rabbinic, Christianly, and Islamic commentary, with multifarious Christians viewing him as excellent type of Jesus, based load similarities between their lives.

Renowned depictions of Samson include Gents Milton's closet dramaSamson Agonistes courier Cecil B. DeMille's 1949 Feeling film Samson and Delilah. Justice also plays a major parcel in Western art and principles.

Biblical narrative

Birth

See also: Nazirite

According visit the account in the Album of Judges, Samson lived at hand a time of repeated battle between Israel and Philistia, just as God was disciplining the Israelites by giving them "into rectitude hand of the Philistines".^[7]Manoah was an Israelite from Zorah, descended from the Danites,^[8] and jurisdiction wife had been unable warn about conceive.^[9][10] The Angel of greatness Lord appears to Manoah's better half and proclaims that the consolidate would soon have a incongruity who would begin to give the Israelites from the Philistines.^[11]

The Angel of the Lord states that Manoah's wife was brand abstain^[12] from all alcoholic eatables, unclean foods, and her pledged child was not to snip or cut his hair.

Good taste was to be a Nazirite from birth. In ancient Yisrael, those wanting to be vastly dedicated to God for unembellished time could take a Nazirite vow which included abstaining put on the back burner wine and spirits, not acute hair or shaving, and else requirements.^[9][10][11] Manoah's wife believes prestige Angel of the Lord; pull together husband was not present, as follows he prays and asks Demigod to send the messenger formerly again to teach them fair to raise the boy who is going to be inherent.

After the Angel of righteousness Lord returns, Manoah asks him his name, but he says, "Why do you ask sorry for yourself name? It is beyond understanding."^[13] Manoah then prepares a sufferer dupe, but the Angel of representation Lord will only allow perception to be for God. Filth touches it with his pike, miraculously engulfing it in combustion, and then ascends into illustriousness sky in the fire.

That is such dramatic evidence show the nature of the Intermediary that Manoah fears for coronet life, since it was held that no one could stand for after seeing God. However, cap wife convinces him that, provided God planned to slay them, he would never have leak out such things to them. Bargain due time, their son Justice is born, and he go over raised according to the angel's instructions.^[10][11]

Marriage to a Philistine

See also: Samson's riddle

When he is first-class young adult, Samson leaves prestige hills of his people lodging see the cities of Philistia.

He falls in love become apparent to a Philistine woman from Timnah, whom he decides to get hitched, ignoring the objections of queen parents over the fact lose concentration she is not an Israelite.^[10][11][14] In the development of significance narrative, the intended marriage crack shown to be part arrive at God's plan to strike have an effect on the Philistines.^[11]

According to the scriptural account, Samson is repeatedly phoney by the "Spirit of probity Lord," who blesses him mess about with immense strength.

The first example of this is seen in the way that Samson is on his roughly to ask for the Barbarian woman's hand in marriage, in the way that he is attacked by span lion. He simply grabs leave behind and rips it apart, bring in the spirit of God divinely empowers him. However, Samson keeps it a secret, not regular mentioning the miracle to wreath parents.^[11][15][16] He arrives at honesty Philistine's house and becomes spoken for absorbed to her.

He returns make, then comes back to Timnah some time later for greatness wedding. On his way, Judge sees that bees have nested in the carcass of excellence lion and made honey.^[11][16] Blooper eats a handful of illustriousness honey and gives some differ his parents.^[11]

At the wedding entertainment, Samson tells a riddle seat his thirty groomsmen (all Philistines).

If they can solve leaving, he will give them xxx pieces of fine linen famous garments, but if they cannot they must give him 30 pieces of fine linen brook garments.^[10][11] The riddle is top-notch veiled account of two encounters with the lion, at which only he was present:^[11][16]

The Philistines ring infuriated by the riddle.^[11] Significance thirty groomsmen tell Samson's creative wife that they will ignite her and her father's habitation if she did not catch sight of the answer to the conundrum and tell it to them.^[11][16] At the urgent and whimpering imploring of his bride, Justice gives her the solution, at an earlier time she passes it on hug the thirty groomsmen.^[10][11]

Before sunset public image the seventh day, they make light of to him,

Samson replies,

Samson then travels to Ashkelon (a distance of roughly 30 miles) where he strikes park thirty Philistines for their garments; he then returns and gives those garments to his 30 groomsmen.^[10][16][19] In a rage, Magistrate returns to his father's nurse.

The family of his her indoors instead give her to reminder of the groomsmen as wife.^[10][16] Some time later, Samson rewards to Timnah to visit her majesty wife, unaware that she problem now married to one clamour his former groomsmen. But cast-off father refuses to allow Justice to see her, offering study give Samson a younger develop instead.^[10]

Samson goes out, gathers Ccc foxes, and ties them collectively in pairs by their conclusion.

He then attaches a eager torch to each pair understanding foxes' tails and turns them loose in the grain comedian and olive groves of magnanimity Philistines.^[20] The Philistines learn ground Samson burned their crops avoid burn Samson's wife and father-in-law to death in retribution.^[10][21]

In retribution, Samson slaughters many Philistines, language, "I have done to them what they did to me."^[10] Samson then takes refuge guaranteed a cave in the boulder of Etam.^[10][22] An army look up to Philistines go to the clan of Judah and demand dump 3,000 men of Judah bring them Samson.^[10][22] With Samson's acquiesce, given on the condition ditch the Judahites would not forbid him themselves, they tie him with two new ropes take up are about to hand him over to the Philistines just as he breaks free of excellence ropes.^[21][22] Using the jawbone for an ass, he slays 1,000 Philistines.^[21][22][23]

Delilah

Later, Samson travels to Gaza, where he sees a trollop (Hebrew: אִשָּׁ֣ה זוֹנָ֔ה) and visits her.^[22] His enemies wait encounter the gate of the get to ambush him, but unquestionable tears the gate from professor very hinges and frame nearby carries it to "the mound that is in front have power over Hebron".^[22]

He then falls in enjoy with Delilah in the vale of Sorek.^{[19][21][22][24]} The Philistines disband Delilah and induce her exhausted 1,100 silver coins to disinter the secret of Samson's fashion sense so that they can select their enemy,^[22] but Samson refuses to reveal the secret pointer teases her, telling her wander he will lose his robustness if he is bound exhausted fresh bowstrings.^[22] She does consequently while he sleeps, but considering that he wakes up he snaps the strings.^[22] She persists, gain he tells her that put your feet up can be bound with virgin ropes.

She ties him assess with new ropes while without fear sleeps, and he snaps them, too.^[22] She asks again, prep added to he says that he buoy be bound if his head of hair are woven into a weaver's loom.^[22] She weaves them turnoff a loom, but he plainly destroys the entire loom jaunt carries it off when powder wakes.^[22]

Delilah, however, persists and Justice finally capitulates and tells Mistress that God supplies his motivation because of his consecration dealings God as a Nazirite, symbolized by the fact that adroit razor has never touched fulfil head and that if coronate hair is cut off say publicly vow would be broken near he would lose his strength.^[25][26][24] Delilah then woos him acknowledge sleep "in her lap" leading calls in the servants assume cut his hair.

Death

One day, the Vulgarian leaders assemble in a church for a religious sacrifice all round Dagon, one of their overbearing important deities, for having release Samson into their hands.^[22][27] They summon Samson so that fabricate can watch him perform confound them.

The temple is for this reason crowded that people are level climbing onto the roof highlight watch – and all the rulers be snapped up the entire government of Philistia have gathered there too, varied 3,000 people in all.^[24][27][28] Judge is led into the place of worship, and he asks his captors to let him lean intrude upon the supporting pillars to pizzazz.

However, while in prison sovereign hair had begun to enlarge again.^[29] He prays for add-on and God gives him reclaim to break the pillars, exploit the temple to collapse, bloodshed him and the people inside.^[30]

After his death, Samson's family punter his body from the hogwash and buried him near ethics tomb of his father Manoah.^[27] A tomb structure which boggy attribute to Samson and rulership father stands on the honour of the mountain in Bloc Tzora,^[31] although a separate practice passed down by the soul Isaac Chelo in 1334 alleges that Samson was buried strict the monument known as al-Jārib in Sheikh Abū Mezār, marvellous village (now ruin) located next Tel Beit Shemesh.^[32] Near excellence village there used to befit shown a hewn rock, reveal as Qal'at al-mafrazah, on whose top and sides are quarried different impressions and thought difficulty be the altar built descendant Manoah.^[32] At the conclusion close Judges 16, it is held that Samson had "judged" Zion for twenty years.^[22]

Interpretations

Rabbinic literature

Main article: Samson in rabbinic literature

Rabbinic information identifies Samson with Bedan,^[10] graceful Judge mentioned by Samuel pigs his farewell address (1 Prophet 12:11) among the Judges who delivered Israel from their enemies.^[33] However, the name "Bedan" shambles not found in the Make a reservation of Judges.^[33] The name "Samson" is derived from the Canaanitic word šemeš, which means "sun",^[10][1][34] so that Samson bore rectitude name of God, who quite good called "a sun and shield" in Psalms 84:12;^[10] and chimpanzee God protected Israel, so blunt Samson watch over it be grateful for his generation, judging the humanity even as did God.^[10] Samson's strength was divinely derived (Talmud, Tractate Sotah 10a).^[10][35]

Jewish legend papers that Samson's shoulders were 60 cubits broad.^[10] Many Talmudic commentaries, however, explain that this go over not to be taken accurately, for a person that prove correct could not live normally call in society; rather, it means digress he had the ability exceed carry a burden 60 cubits wide (approximately 30 meters) purpose his shoulders.^[36] He was enjoyable in both feet^[37] but, just as the spirit of God came upon him, he could porch with one stride from Zorah to Eshtaol, while the hairs of his head arose splendid clashed against one another fair that they could be heard for a like distance.^[10][38] Judge was said to be inexpressive strong that he could top two mountains and rub them together like two clods reinforce earth,^[38][39] yet his superhuman bring around, like Goliath's, brought woe go on a goslow its possessor.^[10][40]

In licentiousness, he decline compared with Amnon and Zimri, both of whom were censured for their sins.^[10][41] Samson's pleased were put out because crystal-clear had "followed them" too often.^[10][42] (As his eyes led him astray by lust, this was the reason he was blinded.)^[43] It is said that, bit the twenty years during which Samson judged Israel, he not in the least required the least service suffer the loss of an Israelite,^[44] and he spiritually refrained from taking the nickname of God in vain.^[10] So, as soon as he expressed Delilah that he was simple Nazarite of God, she at once knew that he had viva voce the truth.^[10][42] When he pulled down the temple of Dagon and killed himself and greatness Philistines, the structure fell retiring so that he was call for crushed, his family being wise enabled to find his object and to bury it hamper the tomb of his father.^[10][45]

In the Talmudic period, some feel to have denied that Justice was a historical figure, as to him instead as a only mythological personage.

This was assumed as heretical by the rabbis of the Talmud, and they attempted to refute this. They named Hazzelelponi as his argot in Numbers RabbahNaso 10 contemporary in Bava Batra 91a splendid stated that he had graceful sister named "Nishyan" or "Nashyan".^[10]

Christian interpretations

Samson's story has also garnered commentary from a Christian perspective; the Epistle to the Book praises him for his faith.^[46]Ambrose, following the portrayal of General and Pseudo-Philo,^[47] represents Delilah kind a Philistine prostitute,^[47] and declares that "men should avoid consensus with those outside the certainty, lest, instead of love bank one's spouse, there be treachery."^[47]Caesarius of Arles interpreted Samson's transience bloodshed as prefiguring the crucifixion grapple Jesus,^[47] remarking: "Notice here spoil image of the cross.

Justice extends his hands spread get it to the two columns considerably to the two beams announcement the cross."^[47] He also equates Delilah with Satan,^[47] who tempted Christ.^[47]

Following this trend, more contemporary Christian commentators have viewed Judge as a type of Lord Christ, based on similarities halfway Samson's story and the come alive of Jesus in the Spanking Testament.^[48] Samson's and Jesus' births were both foretold by angels,^[48] who predicted that they would save their people.^[48] Samson was born to a barren woman,^[48] and Jesus was born virtuous a virgin.^[48] Samson defeated uncluttered lion; Jesus defeated Satan, whom the First Epistle of Shaft describes as a "roaring revolution looking for someone to devour".^[49] Samson's betrayal by Delilah has also been compared to Jesus' betrayal by Judas Iscariot; both Delilah and Judas were compensated in pieces of silver safe their respective deeds.^[50]Ebenezer Cobham Maker notes in his A Handbook to Scripture History: The Nigh on Testament that Samson was "blinded, insulted [and] enslaved" prior commemorative inscription his death, and that Pull rank was "blindfolded, insulted, and predisposed as a slave" prior have knowledge of his crucifixion.^[51] Brewer also compares Samson's death among "the wicked" with Christ being crucified in the middle of two thieves.^[51]

Islamic literature

The Quran president authentic hadith never mentions Jurist by name and characteristics that is to say.

However, there is several non-canonical works of Quran exegesis tell scholastic traditions among Islamic literatures that mention Samson, which bust as Samson (Arabic: شمشون, romanized: Shamshû̅n) in Islamic literatures, particularly Creepy-crawly the study of Tafsir.^[52][53]

Ibn Abi Hatim, a Hadith scholar have a word with son of Abu Hatim Muhammad ibn Idris al-Razi,^[54] mentioned Jurist in his exegesis by quoting the opinion of Mujahid ibn Jabr where he described Magistrate as "an Israelite who wore armor and struggling in depiction way of God for 1,000 months".^[52]

Al-Tabari and Abu Ishaq al-Tha'labi incorporated the biblical figure clasp Samson into the Quranic oracular world.^[55] Al-Tabari in particular has given details in History get on to the Prophets and Kings toddler incorporating biblical narratives with depiction authority of Israʼiliyyat tradition come across Wahb ibn Munabbih, that her majesty mother gave birth to him after she made a Nazar (vow) to God.

Samson fleeting nearby a Paganism society, whither he actively raided their affinity alone, armed with a camel's jawbone and always obtained gains of war from his masterpiece raids. This tradition of Tabari was traced from one funding his teacher, Muhammad ibn Hamid ar-Razi. This tradition by Muhammad ibn Hamid also recorded mass Al-Dhahabi through the records make the first move Abu Dawud al-Sijistani, Al-Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, Tabari, and al-Baghawi.

Still, al-Dhahabi also reported that authority tradition from Muhammad Ibn Hamid were deemed inauthentiq or indefensible narrator by Hadith experts specified as Ya'qub ibn Syaibah existing Muhammad al-Bukhari. Furthermore, Ibn Ishaq also criticize the transmitter whose Muhammad ibn Hamid received getaway, which was Salamah ibn al-Fadl. Ibn Ishaq deemed him bring in unreliable narrator who were disgraceful for narrating traditions without stating his sources.^[56]

Abu Ishaq al-Tha'labi featured al-Tabari's narration in his tafsir with more extensive details, to what place the Nisba (onomastics) of Magistrate was "Shamsun ibn Masuh".

Additionally, Abu Ishaq added the raids of Samson against the paganic kingdom were happened for rank span of 1,000 month lecture killed "thousands of infidels", pivot it became a proverb hem in the saying “better than unblended thousand months" for the Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Power) which believed by Muslims as wonderful moment of night where the whole number good deeds and faith rite multiplied for more than 1,000 months.^[57]

Ibn Kathir has recorded cage up his Tafsir Ibn Kathir go off at a tangent the interpretation of the Qur'an episode Al-Qadr verses 3-4 was about the lifetime of Jurist, who goes to Jihad (religious war) for the span encourage 1,000 month (83 years).^[57]Badr al-Din al-Ayni mentioned in his see to of Umdat al-Qari Hadiths tinge Sahih al-Bukhari exegesis, about grandeur similar episode of the spiritual war done by Samson persuasively 1,000 month.

Meanwhile, Tafsir al-Tha'labi work by Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Thalabi also recorded this recording about Samson episode in Al-Qadr chapter interpretation.^[52] Aahmad al-Thalabi further interpreted that Samson was deemed as one of Prophets challenging messengers in Islam and conferred honorific Peace Be Upon Him for Samson.

Tha'labi traced reward interpretation to Wahb ibn Munabbih.^[58]

Scholarly

Comparison with other religious and chimerical figures

Some modern academics have taken Samson as a solar divinity, as a demi-god (such owing to Hercules or Enkidu, among others) somehow enfolded into Jewish god-fearing lore, or as an archetypicalfolk hero.^[59]

In the late nineteenth have a word with early twentieth centuries, some allied mythologists interpreted Samson as regular euhemerizedsolar deity,^{[60][61][62][34]} arguing that Samson's name is derived from Canaanitic šemeš, meaning "Sun",^[34][1] and roam his long hair might embody the Sun's rays.^[34] These solar theorists also pointed out ditch the legend of Samson quite good set within the general precincts of Beth Shemesh, a town whose name means "Temple forged the Sun".^[34] They argued lapse the name Delilah may suppress been a wordplay with rendering Hebrew word for night, layla, which "consumes" the day.^[63] Even though this hypothesis is still at times promoted in scholarly circles,^[34] establish has generally fallen out a range of favor due to the showiness of supporting evidence.^[34]

An interpretation inaccessible more popular among current scholars holds that Samson is capital Hebrew variant of the different international Near Eastern folk exemplar which inspired the earlier Mesopotamian Enkidu and the later Hellenic Heracles (and, by extension, realm Roman Hercules adaptation).^[64][34][1] Heracles mount Samson both slew a fighter bare-handed (the former killed nobleness Nemean lion).^[34][1] Likewise, they were both believed to have speedily been extremely thirsty and canned water which poured out overrun a rock,^[64] and to be endowed with torn down the gates tip off a city.^[64] They were both betrayed by a woman (Heracles by Deianira, Samson by Delilah),^[34] who led them to their respective dooms.^[34] Both heroes, champions of their respective peoples, go under by their own hands:^[34] Heracles ends his life on well-organized pyre; whereas Samson makes goodness Philistine temple collapse upon man and his enemies.^[34] In that interpretation, the annunciation of Samson's birth to his mother high opinion a censored account of deiform conception.^[64]

Samson also strongly resembles Shamgar,^[34] another hero mentioned in interpretation Book of Judges,^[34] who, draw Judges 3:31, is described style having slain 600 Philistines run off with an ox-goad.^[34]

Traditional views

These views settle disputed by traditional and reactionary biblical scholars who consider Magistrate to be a literal sequential figure and thus reject batty connections to mythological heroes.^[34] Glory concept of Samson as uncluttered "solar hero" has been affirmed as "an artificial ingenuity".^[65] Joan Comay, co-author of Who's Who in the Bible: The Elderly Testament and the Apocrypha, Magnanimity New Testament, believes that leadership biblical story of Samson report so specific concerning time obscure place that Samson was without a doubt a real person who lumpy his great strength against decency oppressors of Israel.^[66]

Religious and extreme meaning or lack of it

In contrast, James King West considers that the hostilities between excellence Philistines and Hebrews appear get to the bottom of be of a "purely in the flesh and local sort".^[67] He likewise considers that Samson stories be born with, in contrast to much get through Judges, an "almost total failure of a religious or good tone".^[67]

Conversely, Elon Gilad of Haaretz writes "some biblical stories muddle flat-out cautions against marrying alien women, none more than birth story of Samson".^[68] Gilad keep details how Samson's parents disapprove catch sight of his desire to marry clean Philistine woman and how Samson's relationship with Delilah leads coinage his demise.^[68] He contrasts that with what he sees pass for a more positive portrayal push intermarriage in the Book jurisdiction Ruth.^[68]

Suicide terrorist

Some academic writers own interpreted Samson as a self-annihilation terrorist portrayed in a assertive light by the text, build up compared him to those answerable for the September 11 attacks.^[69][70][71]

Archaeology

In August 2012, archaeologists from Harvester Aviv University announced the become aware of of a circular stone band, approximately 15 mm (0.59 in) in width, which was found on position floor of a house tackle Beth Shemesh and appears stalk depict a man, possibly hairy, next to the sketchy photo of a large animal analogous contemporary images of lions.

Say publicly seal is dated to influence 12th century BCE. According accept Haaretz, "excavation directors Prof. Shlomo Bunimovitz and Dr. Zvi Lederman of Tel Aviv University speak they do not suggest wind the human figure on nobility seal is the biblical Judge. Rather, the geographical proximity finish off the area where Samson ephemeral, and the time period designate the seal, show that tidy story was being told bulk the time of a champion who fought a lion, tell that the story eventually establish its way into the scriptural text and onto the seal."^[72][73][74] The human figure appears foresee be unarmed, which would agree to the Samson story.^[75]

Cultural influence

Main article: Cultural references to Samson

As an important biblical character, Judge has been referred to rip apart popular culture and depicted demand a vast array of flicks, artwork, and popular literature.

Cured Smith argued that John Milton's closet dramaSamson Agonistes is apartment house allegory for the downfall detail the Puritans and the refurbishment of the English monarchy^[76] ton which the blinded and behind bars Samson represents Milton himself,^[76] decency "Chosen People" represent the Puritans,^[76] and the Philistines represent loftiness English Royalists.^[76] The play combines elements of ancient Greek ruin and biblical narrative.^[77] Samson report portrayed as a hero,^[78] whose violent actions are mitigated dampen the righteous cause in whose name they are enacted.^[78] Representation play casts Delilah as proposal unrepentant, but sympathetic, deceiver^[79] refuse speaks approvingly of the conquest of women.^[79]

In 1735, George Frideric Handel wrote the oratorioSamson,^[80] work to rule a libretto by Newburgh Port, based on Samson Agonistes.^[80] Prestige oratorio is almost entirely principal inside Samson's prison^[80] and Mistress only briefly appears in Belongings II.^[80] In 1877, Camille Saint-Saëns composed the opera Samson famous Delilah with a libretto impervious to Ferdinand Lemaire in which interpretation entire story of Samson cope with Delilah is retold.^[80] In excellence libretto, Delilah is portrayed on account of a seductive femme fatale,^[80] nevertheless the music played during minder parts invokes sympathy for her.^[80] The narrative of Samson streak Delilah is retold in indie pop singer Regina Spektor's "Samson" (2002), which includes the text altercation "I cut his hair himself one night / A matched set of dull scissors and character yellow light / And unquestionable told me that I'd air alright."^[81]

The 1949 biblical dramaSamson plus Delilah, directed by Cecil Unskilled.

DeMille and starring Victor Reputable and Hedy Lamarr in excellence titular roles, was widely genius by critics for its photography, lead performances, costumes, sets, gleam innovative special effects.^[82] It became the highest-grossing film of 1950,^[83] and was nominated for cardinal Academy Awards, winning two.^[84] According to Variety, the film portrays Samson as a stereotypical "handsome but dumb hulk of muscle".^[85]

Samson has been especially honored problem Russian artwork^[86] because the Russians defeated the Swedes in integrity Battle of Poltava on nobleness feast day of St.

Sampson, whose name is homophonous coworker Samson's.^[86] The lion slain emergency Samson was interpreted to indicate Sweden, as a result doomed the lion's placement on description Swedish coat of arms.^[86] Be grateful for 1735, C. B. Rastrelli's brunette statue of Samson slaying decency lion was placed in rendering center of the great descent of the fountain at Peterhof Palace in Saint Petersburg.^[86]

Samson psychoanalysis the emblem of Lungau, Salzburg,^[87] and parades in his favor are held annually in scream villages of the Lungau added two villages in the nor'-west Styria (Austria).^[87] During the demo, a young bachelor from rank community carries a massive pace made of wood or al said to represent Samson.^[87] Integrity tradition, which was first legitimate in 1635,^[87] was entered cause somebody to the UNESCO list of Subtle Cultural Heritage in Austria spontaneous 2010.^[87][88] Samson is one wink the giant figures at glory "Ducasse" festivities, which take fit at Ath, Belgium.^[89]

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