God’s story in samson: the vow

Let’s review the nation of Israel’s recurring cycle described in the book of Judges: rebellion, oppression, crying out to God, deliverance, peace, and then relapse, only to repeat the cycle. Samson’s story begins during a forty-year period of Philistine oppression. God heard the people’s cries, appeared to a woman who had been unable to have children, and promised her a son who was to lead Israel.