The Bible In Paintings: SAMSON KILLS A THOUSAND PHILISTINES

[Hebrews 11:6]

The Bible In Paintings 2
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE

J U D G E S
CHAPTER 15

Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes and tied them tail to tail in pairs. He then fastened a torch to every pair of tails, lit the torches and let the foxes loose in the standing grain of the Philistines. He burned up the shocks and standing grain, together with the vineyards and olive groves.

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When the Philistines asked, “Who did this?” they were told, “Samson, because his wife was given to his friend.” So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.

Samson said to them, “Since you’ve acted like this, I won’t stop until I get my revenge on you.” He attacked them viciously and slaughtered many of them. The Spirit of the LORD came upon him in power. Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.

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PIETRO DELLA VECCHIA
"Samson"

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SALOMON DE BRAY
"Samson with the Jawbone"

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DOUGLAS RAMSEY
"Jawbone"

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GUSTAVE DORÉ
"Samson Destroys the Philistines with an Ass' Jawbone"

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HILAIRE PADER
"Samson Slaying the Philistines"

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WOLFGANG ANDREAS HEINDL
"Samson Killing the Philistines by a Donkey's Jawbone"

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GIULIO CESARE PROCACCINI
"Samson and the Philistines"

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MATT SWEENEY
"Samson"

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DAVID MARTIN
"Samson Slays 1,000 Philistines"

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AURELIANO MILANI
"Samson Kills the Philistines"

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JAMES TISSOT
"Samson Slays a Thousand Men"

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"Samson Slays the Philistine"

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GIAMBOLOGNA
"Samson and a Philistine"

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Then Samson said,

“With a donkey’s jawbone
I have made donkeys of them.
With a donkey’s jawbone
I have killed a thousand men.”

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GIOVAN BATTISTA LANGETTI
"Samson Victorieux"

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I.P. CHERNOV
"Samson"

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GUIDO RENI
"Victorious Samson"

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ANTONIO ZANCHI
"Samson"

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GIOVAN BATTISTA LANGETTI
"Samson Drinks from the Jawbone"

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[chuckles]

...." Obviously, killing a thousand would take an hour or two. But a day or more? Not seeing it..."

You may not be taking into account that Sampson was God's man of the hour and was supernaturally equipped. If God gives you a job He will equip you to do it.

Another thing we don't know is "How many Philistines were Nephilim? The Anak brothers were working with the Philistines during the days of King David and Goliath. Saul was during the time the Nephilim were supposed to be killed on sight out of Israel. Many of the "Canaanites" were still giants after Joshua took the Promised Land. Joshua just quit fighting after 7 years and declared victory, leaving many giants in the land for later conflict, including Gaza, where the Philistines were.

The men Sampson killed may have been giants and he needed God's strength to do it.

Remember the bad report the spies gave on Canaan. It said they were grasshoppers in their eyes and they devoured the inhabitants of the land. These giants were cannibals. God said He had given them the land already, but the giants frightened them. When you read in Scripture that they "utterly destroyed" someone, they killed them, piled them up, set them on fire, and then put stones on top of the bones. God flooded the earth to kill these giants. After the flood, Nimrod was the first giant to return. God has had "open season" on Nephilim since the beginning because they are not in the image of God.

[Hebrews 11:6]

The Lord has brought a fellow into my life who sounds very much like your brother-in-law. I am continually astounded at the love he has for paleontology and history, versus the indifference he covets toward all things biblical.

I am witnessing to, and praying for, him. He's already 77, and one never knows how much time remains before he takes that same journey. God brought us into each others' orbits two years ago, and I may be his last intervener.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Your points are sensible. But swinging a jawbone 1,000 times takes time, regardless how supernaturally equipped one is. Of course, perhaps he swung it only once and somehow the force of that swing killed them all—God could have done that. We just don’t know.

[Dr. Sivana]

How did he manage to find 300 foxes to catch?! There must have been a LOT of vermin in those days to keep foxes fed. Oh, and not enough dogs.

[Hebrews 11:6]

An ecology unfamiliar to us.

[SisterK]

When you start digging around, there were a lot of giants during the Old Testament times.
If any giant relics were found now, they would have to conceal the evidence because it would support the Truth.

[SisterK]

again, a lot of good work
#13 and #14 are especially notable

thank you for all the time spent putting this together each day

[Hebrews 11:6]

You are very welcome. You join a long, long list of those who have acknowledged my efforts, which take six to eight hours daily. When one encounters someone doing what I do, it is common courtesy to offer a "Thank you", as so many do. (I frequent two other daily series, Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem and the Civil War recap, and this is a good reminder for me to thank those two posters.)

The truth is that I am having the time of my life doing this. God surprised me by choosing and commissioning me for this project, for which He also prepared and equipped me. So, it is all a thrilling testimony to His greatness and goodness!

[SisterK]

Praise God!
we are blessed with this unique ministry

[SunkenCiv]

This topic was posted 4/20/2022, thanks Hebrews 11:6.