Samson learns fighting skills from an early age; he develops enormous physical strength. A few miles away, Samuel’s parents take the young boy to the temple in Shiloh where young Samuel will spend the rest of his childhood and teenage years, training to be a priest. Eli the head priest is a poor parent to his 2 sons; Hophni & Phinehas steal from people and are abusive. Trouble is brewing.
Up Next in Season 1
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The Storyteller Episode 5 - Samson Ki...
Samson tells his parents that he wants to marry a Philistine young women. HIs parents are deeply unhappy, but try to support their son as much as they can. Before the marriage is even finalized Samson ends up fighting and killing Philistines as they try to kill him. One fight leads to another, bu...
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The Storyteller Episode 6 - Samson an...
Samson has been the leader of the Hebrew people, Israel’s Judge, for some 20 years. It has been a time of relative peace and prosperity. Shockingly, after 20 years of stability, Samson decides to return to an old theme in his life, to get intimate with a Philistine women. Before soon Delilah be...
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The Storyteller Episode 7 - Saul Beco...
Samuel has been the Judge and main Prophet of the Hebrews for most of his life, but now that he is getting older, the Hebrew elders insist he gives them a king. Samuel hates the idea, but God tells him ‘give them what they want..’. Some time later Samuel anoints the young Saul to be the first...
