In this chapter we begin the story of the final and the most popular judge of Israel. Samson, the strong man who we know to have been a man of great strength. But the story of Samson does not begin with Samson. Instead, Samson’s story begins with his parents. Specifically with an angelic visitation of Samson’s mother. In the angel’s instructions we discover some things are not quite as kosher in Samson’s family as we might expect for a man whose birth was foretold of by and angel and who would live under a Nazarite vow. But as we consider the implications of the angel’s words, we have to stop and ask ourselves. Who made us judge?
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S3 E50 – Becoming Judge – Judges 13
