Kebra Nagast

Concerning the King of the Philistines Behold now, it is clear that the King of Amalek is of the seed of Shem. CONCERNING THE KING OF THE PHILISTINES And behold, the seed of Samson reigned over the Philistines. And Samson was of the seed of Dan, [one] 80. of the twelve sons of Jacob, and he was the son of a and we will inform you how handmaiden of Jacob this Samson came into being. The Angel of the Lord to the mother of Samson and said unto her, appeared " Keep thyself from all pollution, and company with no man except thy husband, for he who shall be born of thee shall be a Nazarite, holy to the Lord, and he shall be the deliverer of Israel from the hand of the ; Philistines." And then she brought forth Samson. And again the Angel appeared unto her and said unto " Thou shalt not let a razor go upon his head, and her, he shall neither eat flesh nor [drink] wine, and he shall marry no strange woman but only a woman of his own -kin and from the house of his father." And how God * gave him strength ye have heard in the Book of Judges. But he transgressed the commandment of God, and came and married a daughter of the uncircumcised Philistines. And because of this God was wroth, and He delivered him into the hands of men of the uncircumcised Philistines, and they blinded his eyes, and they made him act the buffoon in the house of their king. And he pulled the roof down upon them, and slew seven hundred thousand of them, and during his life he slew seven hundred thousand of them with iron, and stone, and [his] staff, and the jaw-bone of an ass. For their number was as that of the locusts, until he released Israel from the service of the Philistines. And then Dalila (Delilah) conceived by Samson, and whilst she was with child Samson died with the Philistines and Delilah brought forth a son and she called ; 1 See chapters XY, rvi. 137