Episode

#228 | Shoftim ch.15 - Samson's Foxes, Fire, and Prayer

Podcast: The Tanakh Podcast
Published: Jul 11, 2026
Duration seconds: 705
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Summary

Samson continues his lone guerilla actions against the Philistines, setting fields on fire, and killing one-thousand of the enemy armed with a mere donkey's jaw bone. The chapter ends with the phrase: "And Samson judged Israel for twenty years" - but did he ever save Israel or shift the strategic power balance?