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Where Samson killed a lion and found a wife — starting his war with the Philistines
JudeaHistorically Verified
Dug up from the late 1970s-80s, revealing Bronze and Iron Age remains right on the border between Philistine and Israelite territory.
A town on the border between Judah and Philistia. Samson went here and saw a Philistine woman. On the way he killed a lion, later finding honey in its carcass — inspiring his famous riddle (Judges 14). Also appears in Genesis 38.
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