Samson and the Lion

oil on panel (57 × 38 cm) — 1520-1525

Schlossmuseum, Weimar

Lucas Cranach the Elder biography

This work is linked to Judges 14:6

Judges 14 - Old Testament

Judges 14 1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore

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Young Samson had seen a woman that pleased him among the Philistines. He brings his parents to see her as well. On their way they encounter the lion. Out of sight for his parents, Samson kills the animal with his bare hands. It is the first time he shows his supernatural strength.

A few days later he finds bees with honey in the lion's carcase. He gives some of the honey to his parents, without telling them where he found it.

저작자표시 비영리 변경금지 (새창열림)