Judges Chapters 15-16, How did Noah catch all the animals?; God's Judgment; Philistines Come Up; “the Spirit of the LORD came upon him”; Nagging Women

1. Judges 15-16
The Spirit came upon him;
My granddaughter in law, Allison Roberts, painted this and gave it to me.

2. Judges 15:1, Claim My Wife
• NAU Judges 15:1 But after a while, in the time of
wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a young
goat, and said, "I will go in to my wife in her room."
But her father did not let him enter. 2 Her father
said, "I really thought that you hated her intensely;
so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger
sister more beautiful than she? Please let her be
yours instead."
• What does the phrase ‘time of wheat harvest’ tell
you about the land?
• In 14:18 he referred to her as a “heifer” now he's
going to make up for it by bringing her “a young
goat” what a romantic.

3. My granddaughter in law,
Allison Roberts, painted this
and gave it to me. She asked if
I knew what the scene was?

4. Let’s read Judges 15:3-8

5. Judges 15:4, 300 foxes?
• I told her that that account of him catching
300 foxes had special meaning to me. As a new
believer, the first time I read through the Bible,
and encountered this story, my reaction was
“no one can do that!” Immediately the Lord
convicted me of my prideful arrogant heart,
and I was compelled to accept His Word by
faith. It wasn't until many years later that I
examined it again, logically;

6. Judges 15:4, 300 foxes?
• If God can create a fox out of nothing, provide a
mate for it and bring them to life, could He provide
that 300 could be caught by one man?
• If God wanted to judge the Philistines could He use
a man, foxes, and fire?
• One commentator estimates that the area burned
would have been about 150 mi.² that's an area big
enough to hold a lot of foxes. It doesn't say how
long he took to catch them, he was an
outdoorsman, more than capable even without
supernatural help.

7. Judges 15:4, 300 foxes?
• This account is logical. To destroy all of the
wheat fields, vineyards, and olive groves, by
one man, he would have needed some help. If
two foxes were not tied together, a singular fox
would have merely returned to its burrow. Tied
together they would have run in a zigzag
pattern, crazily, throughout the entire field.
Wheat would have been grown in the valley
bottom, and the flames would have reached up
into the foothills, to the vineyards and trees.

8. Judges 15:4, 300 foxes?
• NAU Judges 15:4 Samson went and caught
three hundred foxes, and took torches, and
turned the foxes tail to tail and put one torch
in the middle between two tails.
• He “went” (they weren’t all where he was)
• 07776 ‫ל‬ָ‫ׁשּוע‬shuw`al {shoo-awl'} …
• Meaning: 1) fox, a burrower 1a)…perhaps also
jackal…

9. Judges 15:4
How did Noah catch all the animals?
• NAU Genesis 7:15 So they went into the ark to Noah, by
twos of all flesh in which was the breath of life.

10. God's Judgment Will Be Greater Then
Sampson’s
NAU 2 Peter 3:10 But
the day of the Lord will
come like a thief, in
which the heavens will
pass away with a roar
and the elements will
be destroyed with
intense heat, and the
earth and its works will
be burned up.

11. Judges 15:4, 300 foxes?

12. Judges 15:8, Etam

13. Judges 15:9, Philistines Come Up
• NAU Judges 15:9 Then the Philistines went up
and camped in Judah, and spread out in Lehi.
10 The men of Judah said, "Why have you
come up against us?" And they said, "We have
come up to bind Samson in order to do to him
as he did to us."

15. Let’s read Judges 15:11-13
• With 3000 men, Sampson, and the LORD, do you
think they could've whupped the Philistines?
• Instead, after two years of serving the Jews,
they’re going to arrest and handover their
savior/deliverer to the Philistines.
• NAU John 1:11 He came to His own, and those
who were His own did not receive Him.
• Could Sampson have killed these Jewish leaders?
• He surrendered voluntarily to their judgment, just
like Jesus did.

16. Let’s read Judges 15:14-19

17. Judges 15:14
“the Spirit of the LORD came upon him”
• NAU Judges 15:14 When he came to Lehi, the Philistines
shouted as they met him. And the Spirit of the LORD came
upon him mightily so that the ropes that were on his arms
were as flax that is burned with fire, and his bonds
dropped from his hands.
• NAU Judges 14:6 The Spirit of the LORD came upon him…
(Judges 14:19, 15:14)
• NAU 1 Samuel 10:10 …the Spirit of God came upon him…
(1 Sam 19:20, 23, 2 Chronicles 15:1, Num 24:2)
• NAU 2 Kings 3:15 …the hand of the LORD came upon him.
(Ezekiel 1:3)
• NAU 1 Chronicles 12:18 Then the Spirit came upon…

18. Judges 15:18, Samson Prayed
• NAU Judges 15:18 Then he became very thirsty,
and he called to the LORD and said, "You have
given this great deliverance by the hand of Your
servant, and now shall I die of thirst and fall into
the hands of the uncircumcised?”
• NAU Judges 16:28 Then Samson called to the
LORD…
• Samson only prayed 2 times
• Not one use of prayer, pray, prayed in NAU Judges
• Don't pattern your life after 1 Corinthians or
Judges.

19. Judges 16

20. Judges 16:1-3
• NAU Judges 16:1 Now Samson went to Gaza and
saw a harlot there, and went in to her. 2 When it
was told to the Gazites, saying, "Samson has come
here," they surrounded the place and lay in wait
for him all night at the gate of the city. And they
kept silent all night, saying, "Let us wait until the
morning light, then we will kill him." 3 Now
Samson lay until midnight, and at midnight he
arose and took hold of the doors of the city gate
and the two posts and pulled them up along with
the bars; then he put them on his shoulders and
carried them up to the top of the mountain which
is opposite Hebron.

21. About 20 miles

22. Judges 16:1-22, Samson and Delilah
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lo3wwXO9FE
• I hope you don't think this is irreverent;
• Comedian Tim Hawkins sings a song about the Bible
story of Sampson and Delilah. I’m sure some people
won’t appreciate Tim’s Christian humor and comedy
but I personally enjoy it. If you liked thisTim Hawkins
Greatest Hits & Bits is available on Amazon. For those
that want to see a great Bible Story watch this little girl
tell The Story of Jonah.

23. Judges 16:1-22, Samson and Delilah

24. Judges 16:5, His Great Strength
• NAU Judges 16:4 After this it came about that he loved a
woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
5 The lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to
her, "Entice him, and see where his great strength lies
and how we may overpower him that we may bind him
to afflict him. Then we will each give you eleven hundred
pieces of silver.”
• They should have saved their money and read the book
of Judges instead (ha ha);
• NAU Judges 14:6 The Spirit of the LORD came upon him
mightily…
• NAU Judges 14:19 Then the Spirit of the LORD came
upon him mightily…
• NAU Judges 15:14 … the Spirit of the LORD came upon
him mightily…

25. Judges 16:5, His
Great Strength
Have you ever noticed
that the artworks always
portrays Samson like a
weightlifter?
That is exactly the
opposite of chapter 16.
They all wonder where
he gets his strength and
how they can overpower
him by trickery. When I
see a
weightlifter/Bodybuilder
I never wonder how he
gets his strength. It's
obvious he works out.

26. Judges 16:6-17
• NAU Judges 16:6 So Delilah said to Samson, "Please
tell me where your great strength is and how you may
be bound to afflict you." 7 …bind me with seven fresh
cords … 8 …she bound him with them. 9 Now she had
men lying in wait in an inner room. And she said to him,
"The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he
snapped the cords as a string of tow snaps when it
touches fire. So his strength was not discovered. 10
…tell me how you may be bound.” 11 … new ropes…
12 …he snapped the ropes from his arms like a thread.
13 …If you weave the seven locks of my hair with the
web and fasten it with a pin… 14 … he awoke… and
pulled out the pin of the loom and the web. 15 … "How
can you say, 'I love you,' …16 … she pressed him daily …
17 So he told her all …I have been a Nazirite to God
from my mother's womb…

27. Judges 16:13, Mess With My Hair
• NAU Judges 16:13 Then Delilah said to Samson,
"Up to now you have deceived me and told me
lies; tell me how you may be bound." And he
said to her, "If you weave the seven locks of my
hair with the web and fasten it with a pin, then I
will become weak and be like any other man.”
• Whenever we keep flirting and teasing with sin
we will certainly be drawn closer to it, and
eventually trapped by it. Now he brings in the
issue of his hair. He's only one step away from
his downfall.

28. Judges 16:13, Growing Long Hair
• Shelley Toren, “One evening while my
daughters were taking a bath together, 4-year-
old Andrea began pouring water over her 10-
month-old sister's bald little head.
Exasperated, I asked Andrea what she was
doing. Without a moment's hesitation, she
replied,
• "I'm watering Rachel's head so her hair will
grow!”"

29. Judges 16:16, Nagging Women
• NAU Judges 16:16 It came about when she
pressed him daily with her words and urged
him, that his soul was annoyed to death.
• NAU Judges 14:17 However she wept before
him seven days while their feast lasted. And on
the seventh day he told her because she
pressed him so hard. She then told the riddle to
the sons of her people.
• Samson is no match for nagging woman, none
of us are.
• NAU Proverbs 19:13 …And the contentions of a
wife are a constant dripping.

31. Let’s read Judges 16:18-31

32. Judges 16:20, He Did Not Know
• NAU Judges 16:20 She said, "The Philistines are
upon you, Samson!" And he awoke from his sleep
and said, "I will go out as at other times and shake
myself free." But he did not know that the LORD
had departed from him.
• This is one of the scariest verses in the Bible.
• Sin will do that to you.
• NAU 1 Peter 3:7 You husbands in the same way,
live with your wives in an understanding way, as
with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and
show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life,
so that your prayers will not be hindered.

33. Judges 16:21
A Grinder
NAU Judges 16:21
Then the Philistines
seized him and gouged
out his eyes; and they
brought him down to
Gaza and bound him
with bronze chains,
and he was a grinder in
the prison.

34. Judges 16:

35. NAU Judges 16:31 Then his brothers and all his
father's household came down, took him, brought
him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol
in the tomb of Manoah his father. Thus he had
judged Israel twenty years.
NAU Judges 16:4 After this it came about
that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek,
whose name was Delilah.

36. • So, In
Closing
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37. THE
END
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39. Judges 15:9
• NAU Judges 15:9 Then the Philistines went up and camped in Judah, and
spread out in Lehi.
• Jerusalem Inspiration
• The land of Judah encompasses much of the Biblical heartland of the Land
of Israel. Hebron and Bethlehem are in the heart of Judah and Jerusalem is
on its border. Although it borders the territories of Judah and Benjamin,
according to tradition, Jerusalem was not given to a specific tribe but,
rather, belongs to all of Israel. The holiness of the city chosen by God is a
unifying force that joins everyone together in the service of the Almighty.
Learn more about the Land of Israel with a free pocket-sized flip chart that
includes 13 colorful maps!
• Jerusalem Daily Photo
• Check out this amazing aerial view of the Temple Mount and its
surroundings. Just imagine the Third Temple towering above Jerusalem.
We're getting there!

40. Judges 16:13, SPIDER WEB!
TODAY'S CREATION MOMENT
• TODAY'S CREATION MOMENT
• SPIDER WEB!
• inAnimals
• Listen
• Proverbs 30:28
• “The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in king’s palaces.”
• About 10 percent of the 35,000 known species of spiders spin the familiar orb-shaped web. These amazing sticky silk constructions may be a few inches
or even a yard across.
• The first step in building an orb web is to cast out the highest horizontal silk line in the planned construction. Once both ends are anchored, the spider
then pulls another strand below the anchor line into a “y” shape, then drops down while creating another silk strand to complete the leg of the “y”.
Other anchor lines may be attached from the center of the “y” to solid objects before the familiar spiral of the orb-web is started. Despite all of this
work, most spiders take their webs down, eating the silk as they go, every day before the sun comes up. One question that nearly everyone asks, and
scientists cannot even answer, is why don’t spiders get caught in their own sticky webs?
• Scientists who believe in evolution have come to the conclusion that since so many different kinds of spiders build orb webs, the knowledge and ability
to do so must have evolved many times. But we think it would be absolutely amazing if it even evolved only once!
• Proverbs 30:28 refers to the spider’s wisdom and skill, despite its small size. But we have to ask: Who taught the spider in the first place?
• Prayer:
• Dear heavenly Father, even the amazing spider shows forth Your wisdom and skill. Give me better sight so that I may more often see and appreciate
Your wonderful works. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
• Notes:
• Photo: Courtesy of Rustedstrings. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
• Dlk adds the Proverbs 30:28, SPIDER WEB IS ONLY IN KJV FAMILY

41. Judges 16:13, Spider’s Web
• TODAY'S CREATION MOMENT spider’s web
• LURING WITH LIGHT
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• 2 Corinthians 11:14-15
• “And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as ministers of
righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.”
• The spider’s web is more than simply a sticky net that catches insects. Scientists have recently learned that the spider’s web is also a clever lure that
uses ultraviolet light.
• Unlike humans, most insects can see ultraviolet light. They use this ability to locate the sun when it is behind clouds as well as to locate certain flowers
that offer rich ultraviolet hues. Spider silk is able to reflect ultraviolet light. This is especially true of silks used for web-making, as opposed to silks
created by the spider for lining burrows or protecting eggs. The garden spider even weaves decorations into its web that increases ultraviolet
reflection. In fact, webs that have extra decorations increase ultraviolet light reflection and increase the garden spider’s catch by 58 percent. Scientists
also think that extra reflective decorations in the web serve as a warning to birds that can also see ultraviolet light and are not welcome in spider’s
webs!
• Just as the spider’s web is as much a lure as it is a trap, the devil too, uses lures to catch us in his traps. He lures us to them with things that will catch
our attention. The knowledge of how he works is given in the Bible. God gave us His Son that He may teach us how to effectively spot, avoid and
escape the devil’s traps.
• Prayer:
• Lord Jesus, the devil is so much smarter than I am. I ask that even as You have redeemed me with Your holy, precious blood, You would help me to see
the devil’s lures and traps and be warned away from them. Amen.
• Notes:
• I. Wickelgren. “Spider Webs: Luring Light May Be a Trap.” Science News, Vol. 135, p. 330. Photo: Spiders build their webs with great skill unless they’re
under the influence of caffeine