Delilah
Delilah was a Philistine woman who conceived by Samson. While she was with child he died with the Philistines. She brought forth a son named Menahem, interpreted as Seed of the strong man. Delilah was the sister of Maksaba, the wife of the King of the Philistines. After Samson slew the king with his people and died with him, she went to her sister the queen.
Both were beautiful and had conceived, Delilah four months by Samson. She bore a son and the women raised the children in dignity with costly garments, daggers and chains. Her son Akamhel asked why he was not reigning on the throne. She said the throne did not belong to his father and he should go to his father's throne when grown by the God of his father.
Biography
- Era
- Judges
- Nationality
- Philistine
Key Chapters
Key Passages
Delilah in Kebra Nagast 80
The Kebra Nagast 80:6
And then Dalila (Delilah) conceived by Samson, and whilst she was with child Samson died with the Philistines; and Delil...
6nd 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 his name " Menahem," which is, being interpreted, " Seed of the strong man."
Delilah in Kebra Nagast 81
The Kebra Nagast 81:1
Now that other son Akamhel, the son of Samson, spake unto his mother Delilah, saying, " Why am I not reigning and sittin...
1ow that other son Akamhel, the son of Samson, spake unto his mother Delilah, saying, " Why am I not reigning and sitting upon this throne? " And his mother said unto him, " Cease, my son. This throne did not belong to thy father, and this city was not thy father's city; when the God of thy father hath let thee grow up thou shalt go to thy father's throne."
Did You Know?
The Kebra Nagast makes Delilah the sister of Maksaba, wife of Kwolason, King of the Philistines.
Delilah was four months with child by Samson when he died, and she went to live with her sister the queen.
Delilah named her son Menahem, which the book explains as "Seed of the strong man"; later he is called Akamhel.
Delilah told her son the Philistine throne was not his father's and that he should wait for his father's throne.
When her son beheaded Maksaba's son at table, Delilah seized the dead boy's sword and went to kill him.