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Simson
Seperti matahari, anak Manoah, lahir di Zora. Kisah hidupnya tercatat dalam Hakim-hakim 13-16. Dia adalah seorang “nazir Allah” sejak kelahirannya, nazir pertama yang disebutkan dalam Kitab Suci (Hakim-hakim 13:3-5; bdg. Bilangan 6:1-21). Peristiwa pertama yang dicatat dalam hidupnya adalah pernikahannya dengan seorang perempuan Filistin dari Timna (Hakim-hakim 14:1-5). Pernikahan semacam itu tidak dilarang oleh hukum Musa, karena orang Filistin bukan salah satu dari tujuh bangsa Kanaan yang ditakdirkan untuk dimusnahkan (Keluaran 34:11-16; Ulangan 7:1-4). Namun, pernikahan itu tidak serasi dan tidak diberkati. Istrinya segera diambil darinya dan diberikan “kepada temannya” (Hakim-hakim 14:20). Untuk membalasnya, Simson membakar “gandum orang Filistin yang belum dituai” (Hakim-hakim 15:1-8), yang kemudian dibalas lagi oleh mereka dengan “membakar perempuan itu beserta ayahnya dengan api.” Kematian perempuan itu dibalasnya dengan sangat dahsyat (Hakim-hakim 15:7-19). Selama dua puluh tahun sesudah peristiwa ini, dia memimpin sebagai hakim atas Israel; tetapi tidak ada catatan mengenai kehidupannya. Kemungkinan dua puluh tahun ini berlangsung bersamaan dengan dua puluh tahun terakhir masa hidup Eli. Setelah ini, kita membaca kisah tentang perbuatannya yang perkasa di Gaza (Hakim-hakim 16:1-3), ketertarikannya yang membuta kepada Delila beserta pengkhianatan wanita itu (Hakim-hakim 16:4-20), dan kemudian kematiannya yang memilukan (Hakim-hakim 16:21-31). Dia binasa dalam kehancuran mengerikan terakhir yang ditimpakannya ke atas musuh-musuhnya. “Maka, orang-orang mati yang dibunuhnya pada saat kematiannya lebih banyak [secara kepentingan sosial dan politik = kaum elit bangsa itu] daripada yang dibunuhnya sepanjang hidupnya.”
“Mengerahkan seluruh kekuatannya, ia membungkuk: Bagaikan hempasan angin dan luapan air yang terkurung, Saat gunung-gunung berguncang, dua pilar kokoh itu Ditarik dan diguncangnya dengan hentakan dahsyat ke sana ke mari, hingga akhirnya runtuh, dan menyeret Seluruh atap menimpa mereka, dengan dentuman laksana guntur Di atas kepala setiap orang yang duduk di bawahnya, Para bangsawan, puan terhormat, panglima, penasihat, maupun imam, Segala kemuliaan dan bunga bangsa pilihan mereka.” Samson Agonistes karya Milton.
Garis waktu
Setiap peristiwa yang dikaitkan dengan Simson dalam Kitab Suci, disusun sesuai urutan narasi Alkitab. Ikuti kisahnya saat terungkap, dari penyebutan pertama hingga terakhir.
Pohon keluarga
Telusuri silsilah keluarga Simson dari generasi ke generasi, mulai dari leluhur dan kerabat hingga orang-orang yang terhubung dengan kehidupan mereka. Ikuti setiap cabang sejauh yang tercatat dalam Kitab Suci.
Graf hubungan
Posisi Simson dalam kisah Alkitab yang lebih luas, menghubungkan orang-orang, tempat-tempat, keluarga, dan peristiwa yang terkait dengan kehidupan mereka. Lihat bagaimana hubungan-hubungan ini saling tumpang tindih dan membentuk satu gambaran utuh, bukan daftar-daftar terpisah.
Keluarga · 2
Kehidupan · 3
Referensi Kitab Suci
38 ayat menyebutkan Simson
| Referensi | Ayat |
|---|---|
| Judges 13:24 | And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. |
| Judges 14:1 | And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. |
| Judges 14:3 | Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well. |
| Judges 14:5 | Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him. |
| Judges 14:7 | And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well. |
| Judges 14:10 | So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. |
| Judges 14:12 | And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments: |
| Judges 14:15 | And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so? |
| Judges 14:16 | And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee? |
| Judges 14:20 | But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend. |
| Judges 15:1 | But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in. |
| Judges 15:3 | And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. |
| Judges 15:4 | And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. |
| Judges 15:6 | Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire. |
| Judges 15:7 | And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease. |
| Judges 15:10 | And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us. |
| Judges 15:11 | Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them. |
| Judges 15:12 | And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves. |
| Judges 15:16 | And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. |
| Judges 16:1 | Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her. |
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