Samson was given supernatural strength by God in order to combat his enemies and perform heroic tasks. According to Judges 14-15 NIV some of the heroic tasks contain killing a lion, killing an entire army with the jawbone of a donkey, and destroying a pagan temple. These tasks were so amazing because his God given strength allowed him to help and rescue people in need of him. Samson’s first heroic task was when Timnah and Samson were walking down the vineyards “suddenly a young lion came roaring toward him. The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him so that he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as he might have torn a young goat.” (Judges 14 NIV:5-7). This is heroic because a regular man would not fight against a Lion nor would they rip the lion apart. …show more content…
Samson decided that he was going to get revenge on the Philistines but they ended up burning his wife and his father to death. When Samson heard this he said “Since you’ve acted like this, I swear that I won’t stop until I get my revenge on you.” (Judges 15 NIV:7-8). He then attacked and slaughtered many of them. Three thousand men from Judah went down to the cave in the rock of Etam and said to Samson “Don’t you realize that the Philistines are rulers over us? What have you done to us?” (Judges 15 NIV:11). They were there to capture him to hand over to the Philistines, he agreed to this only if the men of Judah did not kill him themselves. As they approached Lehi he saw the Philistines running and shouting he felt the spirit of the Lord come upon him then the ropes became like charred flax. He then found a fresh donkey jawbone and killed a thousand men. Samson then said “With a donkey’s jawbone I have made donkeys of them. With a donkey’s jawbone I have killed a thousand men.” (Judges 15 NIV:16). Samson one day went to Gaza, there he saw a prostitute and was there to spend the night with