The Bible In Paintings: DELILAH BETRAYS SAMSON

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

J U D G E S
CHAPTER 16

Samson fell in love with a woman whose name was Delilah.

1
ALEXANDRE CABANEL
"Samson et Dalila"

2
JOSÉ ECHENAGUSIA ERRAZQUIN
"Samson and Delilah"

3
CECIL B. DeMILLE
"Samson and Delilah"

4
JAMES TISSOT
"Samson and Delilah"

5
GUSTAVE DORÉ
"Samson and Delilah"

6

The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, “See if you can lure him into showing you the secret of his great strength and how we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”

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So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”

Samson answered her,

“If anyone ties me with seven fresh thongs that have not been dried, I’ll become as weak as any other man.” …

“If anyone ties me securely with new ropes that have never been used, I’ll become as weak as any other man.” …

“If you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom and tighten it with the pin, I’ll become as weak as any other man.” …

8
WILLIAM BLAKE
"Samson Breaks the Shackles"

9
PIERRE-PAUL-LÉON GLAIZE
"Samson Breaking His Chains"

9A
FREDERICK RICHARD PICKERSGILL
"Samson Betrayed"

Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.” With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was tired to death.

So he told her everything. “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazirite set apart to God since birth. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.”

10
JAMES TISSOT
"Samson Confie à Dalila le Secret de sa Force"

When Delilah saw that he had told her everything, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines, “Come back once more; he has told me everything.” So the rulers of the Philistines returned with the silver in their hands. Having put him to sleep on her lap,

11
LUCAS CRANACH the Elder
"Samson and Delilah"

12
GUERCINO
"Samson and Delilah"

13
TERRY STRICKLAND
"Samson and Delilah, Trust and Betrayal"

she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his hair, and so began to subdue him.

14
FRANCESCO MORONE
"Samson and Dalila"

15
TINTORETTO
"Samson and Delilah"

16
REMBRANDT
"Samson and Delilah"

17
ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI
"Samson and Delilah"

18
PETER PAUL RUBENS
"Samson and Delilah"

19
MATTHIAS STOM
"Samson and Delilah"

20
GIOACCHINO ASSERETO
"Samson and Delilah"

21
PIETRO MALOMBRA
"Samson and DelilahEWA"

22
JAN LIEVENS
"Samson and Delilah"

23
JAN VOORHOUT
"Samson and Delilah"

24
GIOVANNI BATTISTA LUCINI
"Samson and Delilah"

25
HENDRICK DE SOMER
"Samson and Delilah"

26
LORENZO LIPPI
"Samson and Delilah"

27
GIUSEPPE NUVOLONE
"Delilah Cutting Samson's Hair"

28
EUGÈNE DELACROIX
"Samson et Dalila"

29
"Samson"

30
ADRIAEN VAN DER WERFF
"Samson and Delilah"

31
LUCAS CRANACH the Elder
"Delilah Cutting the Hair of Samson"

32
SIGISMONDO COCCAPANI
"Sansón and Dalila"

33
ARTUS QUELLINUS the Elder
"Dalila Cutting Samson's Hair"

34
ALIZA ALLON
"Samson and Delilah"

35
ALESSANDRO VAROTARI
"Samson and Delilah"

36
JAN STEEN
"Samson and Delilah"

37
"Samson und Dalilah"

38
REMBRANDT
"Samson and Delilah"

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40

41
WILLEM BARTSIUS
"Samson and Delilah"

42
CLAUDE MELLAN
"Delilah Preparing to Cut Samson's Hair"

43
DOMENICO FIASELLA
"Samson and Delilah"

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44
GERARD VAN HONTHORST
"Samson and Delilah"

And his strength left him. Then she called, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”

He awoke from his sleep and thought, “I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had left him.

Then the Philistines…

To be continued…

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S A M S O N
GOD PROMISES SAMSON’S BIRTH
SAMSON’S LION
SAMSON KILLS A THOUSAND PHILISTINES
SAMSON’S TROPHIES
DELILAH BETRAYS SAMSON
THE PHILISTINES CAPTURE SAMSON
SAMSON'S CAPTIVITY AND REVENGE

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[etabeta]

All very good. I especially like #44, how the candle light illuminates Delilah’s face.

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Good additions. Thanks.

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That stood out for me, too, Alba.

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Scissors actually did exist in ancient Mesopotamia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissors

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I was curious, too, so I found that same article. Often, I wonder how early humanity, especially Adam, Eve and their children, invented necessities we take for granted, like cellphones, automobiles, televisions and the like.

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Necessity may be the ‘Mother of Inventions’ but Most worthy inventions are ‘accidents’..................

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Penicillin.

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If I had my way
If I had my way
If I had my way
I would tear this whole building down

Delilah was a woman, she was fine and fair
She had good looks - God knows - and coal black hair
Delilah she gained old Samson’s mind
When first he saw this woman, she looked so fine

Delilah she climbed up on Samson’s knee
Said tell me where your strength lies, if you please
Then she spoke so kind, she talked so fair
That Samson said, Delilah you cut off my hair
You can shave my head, as clean as my hand
My strength will come as natural as any other man

You read about Samson, all from his birth
He was the strongest man ever had lived on earth
One day while Samson was walking along
Looked down on the ground he saw an old jaw bone
Then he stretched out his arm and his chains broke like threads
And when he got to move, ten thousand were dead

Now Samson and the lion, they got in attack
And Samson he walked up on the lion’s back
You read about this lion, he killed a man with his paw
Samson got hands up round the lion’s jaw
He ripped that beast, killed it dead
And the bees made honey in the lion’s head

If I had my way
If I had my way
If I had my way
I would tear this whole building down
Tear this whole building down!

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Thank you for the article, very informative. All things I didn’t know on the origin of scissors. Great, learned something today!

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https://vimeo.com/277808657

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Not going to to say a word about today’s first thread. Nope, not me...

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today’s first thread

Absolutely no idea of what you're referencing.

[BenLurkin]

Bump!

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Benp!

[InkStone]

Good morning Dan, and good morning to all!
Greatly Appreciate all your work in this ministry Dan; thank you most sincerely!
Really like the topics you choose, and that you inform us in advance of what is coming.