Hello everyone, I'm Xiao Li talking about art! Today we will tell the story of Samson!
Samson was also a leader of the Jews, he was infinitely powerful and reckless, but he was very affectionate. When Samson was eighteen, he fell in love with a Philes woman, so he decided to go to the woman's house and marry her. On the way, Samson encounters a lion, but to him, the lion is like a kitten, he threw the lion to death with his bare hands and threw the body in the woods by the side of the road. A few days later, Samson remembered the lion he had killed and wanted to go back to check it out, and found that a group of bees had built a nest on the mouth of the dead lion, so Samson took some honey and continued to hurry while eating.
In the picture, Samson grasps the mouth of the male lion with both hands, showing a posture of exerting force, while the male lion in front of him is already dying.
Finally, Samson arrives at the bride's house and the two are married. At the wedding banquet, Samson saw that the guests were guessing puzzles for fun, so he made up his own experience into a riddle for the guests to guess, but these people racked their brains and still did not know the mystery. The guests then went to persuade the bride to ask for the mystery, and under the bride's repeated questioning, Samson had to tell the bride the truth. When the guests knew the answer, they shouted in front of Samson, "Your riddle is so easy, the answer is that a swarm of bees nests in the mouth of a dead lion." When Samson knew their trick, he left the bride and left in anger.
After some time, Samson missed his wife so much that he decided to go back to her, but unfortunately just a few days ago his beloved girl had married another man in the village. This was undoubtedly an insult to Samson, who was determined to take revenge. He ran into the mountains and caught 300 foxes, and he tied their tails together in pairs, tied torches, and let them run around. This ignited the ears of wheat in the field, and the fire spread, and overnight the bride's village was plunged into a sea of fire.
Samson intimidates his father-in-law in oil painting Limbrandt 1635
In the picture, Samson raises his fist in anger when he hears that his beloved woman is married to someone else, claiming revenge, while the white-haired father-in-law is overwhelmed by his actions.
The Philis were furious, and they decided to capture Samson, but they knew that they would not be able to defeat Samson if they fought face-to-face.
Samson moved away from the city gates
It is a story of Samson's mighty power, and it is said that Samson moved the gates of the Philesians as a warning.
However, they discover that Samson is an amorous person who can easily fall in love with a woman and become irrational once he falls in love. So they arranged for a girl named Dalila to appear beside him. In fact, Dalila hated Samson, but her people threatened her with death, and she could only go home if she found out the source of Samson's power, otherwise she would be stoned to death.
After marriage, Dalila kept asking her husband how he had power. At first, Samson just made up various reasons to make her happy, but Dalila became impatient and quarreled with him, saying that he did not love himself, and Samson was afraid that his wife was really angry, and even told the truth. It turned out that Samson's strength came from his hair, and if he shaved his hair, he would lose his divine power.
DaliLashof prints Dore
Darius, who had obtained the secret, passed the message to the Philis, while Dalila cut off Samson's hair while he was asleep. The Philistine rushed in, and the unsure Samson was awakened and woke up to find himself tied up, but he could not break free of the rope no matter how hard he struggled, because he had no divine power. He was captured! Poor Samson was gouged out of his eyes and locked up in a mill to do hard labor, and he was gradually forgotten.
Dalila cut off Samson's hair in relief 1490
On the relief, Samson is sleeping under a tree, and Dalila, who is sitting behind him, is cutting his hair, and the image of the two is very vivid, and the carving is also quite delicate.
Thorn Blind Samson Oil painting Rembrandt 1636
In this painting, Samson twists his body in pain as Dalila is about to slip away. The sharp shadow of the knife and the dark cave make people shudder and full of tension.
During those dark years, Samson began to repent of his reckless deeds, met God Jehovah in the darkness, and slowly his hair began to grow.
This day coincided with the celebration of the day of sacrifice of the god Dagon in the temple by the Philistines. Suddenly someone proposed, "Bring Samson here, so we can throw mud on him and tease him." Samson was brought over, and after being mercilessly mocked by them, he was tied to the beams and pillars of the temple. At this moment, Samson touched the cold stone pillar with his hand, and he shrugged his broad shoulders, and in an instant, the temple collapsed, and all the people died, including himself. In this way, Samson atonement for his sins with death, and finally Jehovah heard his voice of repentance. This mighty Jewish master came to an end.
The Death of Samson Printed by Doré
Samson, who had regained his divine powers, overthrew the temple and perished with the Philistines.