Peter Parley's common school history Illustrated by engravings . .l T> from (iri-rnwirl flap The teacher will put such questions here as he deems necessary. 32 SCHOOL HISTORY, the Midianites were slain by their own swords, than by the swords ofthe men of Israel. Thus God wrought a great deliveiance for hispeople. 7. The most famous of all the judges of Israel was named was the strongest man in the world; and it was a wonderful cir-cumstance, that his great strength depended upon the hair of hishead. 8. While he continued to wear his hair long, and curling downLis nec
Peter Parley's common school history Illustrated by engravings . .l T> from (iri-rnwirl flap The teacher will put such questions here as he deems necessary. 32 SCHOOL HISTORY, the Midianites were slain by their own swords, than by the swords ofthe men of Israel. Thus God wrought a great deliveiance for hispeople. 7. The most famous of all the judges of Israel was named was the strongest man in the world; and it was a wonderful cir-cumstance, that his great strength depended upon the hair of hishead. 8. While he continued to wear his hair long, and curling downLis neck, he had more strength than a hundred men put if his hair were to be cut off, he would be no stronger than anysingle man. 9. In the days of Samson, the Philistines had conquered the Is-raelites. Samson disliked them on account of the injuries whichthey inflicted upon his countrymen. He made use of his greatstrength to do them all the harm in his power. CHAPTER XVI.—ASIA CONTINUED. Samsons Exploits and 1. On one occasion Samson slew a thousand of the Philistines,although he had no better weapon than the jaw-bone of an ass. Aanother time, when they had shut him up in the city of Gaza, he tookthe gates of the city upon his shoulders, and carried them to the topof a distant hill. 7. What of Samson? In what did his strength lie ? 9. What of the Philistines ? Whydid Samsou dislike them? Ch. XVI—1. With what weapon did Samson kill a thousandPhilistines ? What of the gates of Gaza > THE HEBREWS. 33 2. But, though Samson hated the Philistines, and was alwaysdoing them mischief, there was a woman among them whom heloved. Her name was,Delilah. She pretended to love Samson inreturn; but her only object was to ruin him. 3. This woman used many persuasioos to induce Samson to tellher what it was that made him so much stronger than other first Samson deceived her. He said, that if he were bound withseven green withs, his strength would depart; or that, if h
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