It is pretty clear that Samson had women problems. I'm not sure what he did for the twenty years he led Israel, but his career started with a marriage gone bad, then he went in for a prostitute, and then fell in love with a woman who nagged him into giving away the secret of his strength. A flawed man, just like all of us, and it was his downfall.
In the end he got revenge, though, and the Bible says he killed more people in his death than he had in his life - which means quite a few, since he had already killed in excess of 1,030 (just in his early days).
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Alas! that Samson is all about revenge. Such potential... a Nazirite from birth (just like John) and superhuman strength to smite God's enemies... yet he makes bad decisions (particularly relating to women) and then uses his God-given abilities with poor motivation. Not one of my favorite characters, but we are all like him in some ways.
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