Quiz on Samson (10 Questions and Answers)

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Test what you know about Samson: the Nazirite, the lion, the Philistines, Delilah and his last victory.

1. Into whose hand was Israel given for forty years?
   Answer: The Philistines
   The Lord gave the people of Israel into the hand of the Philistines for forty years (Judges 13:1).
2. Who tells Manoah's wife that she will have a son?
   Answer: The angel of the Lord
   The angel of the Lord appears to the barren woman and announces that she will bear a son (Judges 13:2-3).
3. What was never to touch Samson's head?
   Answer: A razor
   No razor is to come on his head, for the boy will be a Nazirite to God (Judges 13:5).
4. How does Samson kill the young lion?
   Answer: With his bare hands
   The Spirit of the Lord rushes on him, and with nothing in his hand he tears the lion apart (Judges 14:5-6).
5. What does Samson find in the body of the lion?
   Answer: A swarm of bees and honey
   There is a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion (Judges 14:8).
6. How many foxes does Samson catch to burn the grain?
   Answer: Three hundred foxes
   He catches three hundred foxes, ties torches to their tails and lets them go into the grain (Judges 15:4-5).
7. With what does Samson kill a thousand Philistines?
   Answer: The jawbone of a donkey
   He finds a fresh jawbone of a donkey and kills a thousand men with it (Judges 15:15).
8. What does Samson do with the doors of the gate of Gaza?
   Answer: He pulls them up and carries them off
   At midnight he pulls up the doors of the gate and carries them to the top of the hill facing Hebron (Judges 16:3).
9. Why would Samson lose his strength?
   Answer: If he were shaved
   Samson tells Delilah that if he were shaved, his strength would leave him, for he is a Nazirite to God (Judges 16:17).
10. What does Samson do in the prison at Gaza?
    Answer: He grinds at the mill
    Blinded and bound with bronze shackles, he ground at the mill in the prison (Judges 16:21).