Who Is? Fast Facts about 7 Bible CharactersMostra

Nazirite

Samson was chosen by God and set apart to serve him before he was born. He tore apart an attacking lion with his bare hands (14:5–6), captured and set fire to 300 foxes to burn up an enemy’s field (15:4–5), killed a thousand men with the jawbone of a donkey (15:15), tore out the gates and doorposts of a city by hand (16:3), and destroyed the temple of Dagon by pushing down the two main support pillars, collapsing the entire structure (16:27–30).