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Samson (/ˈsæmsən/; Hebrew: שִׁמְשׁוֹן, romanized: Šimšōn, lit. 'man of the sun') was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last leaders who "judged" the twelve tribes of Israel before the institution of the monarchy. He is sometimes regarded as an Israelite version of the…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samson | Parents | Manoah (father) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samson | Parents | not named (mother) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samson | Partner | Delilah | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samson | Predecessor | Abdon | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samson | Resting place | Zorah, Nahal Sorek | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samson | Successor | Eli | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samson | is a | Hebrew variant of the same international Near Eastern folk hero which inspired the earlier Mesopotamian Enkidu and the later Greek Heracles | 0.90 | text |
| Ya'qub ibn Syaibah | instance of | al-Dhahabi also reported that the tradition from Muhammad Ibn Hamid were deemed inauthentic or flawed narrator by Hadith experts | 0.80 | text |
| Muhammad al-Bukhari | instance of | al-Dhahabi also reported that the tradition from Muhammad Ibn Hamid were deemed inauthentic or flawed narrator by Hadith experts | 0.80 | text |
| by Robin Baker | instance of | Although this hypothesis is still sometimes promoted in scholarly circles | 0.80 | text |
| it has generally fallen out of favor due to the superficiality of supporting evidence.An interpretation far more popular among current scholars holds that Samson is a Hebrew variant of the same international Near Eastern folk hero which inspired the earlier Mesopotamian Enkidu | instance of | Although this hypothesis is still sometimes promoted in scholarly circles | 0.80 | text |
| the later Greek Heracles | instance of | Although this hypothesis is still sometimes promoted in scholarly circles | 0.80 | text |
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