Samson's riddle is found in the biblical Book of Judges, where it is incorporated into a larger narrative about Samson, the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites. The riddle, with which Samson
The Wedding Feast of Samson, Rembrandt, 1638
Samson Slaying the Lion, Doré
A tin of Lyle's Golden Syrup, first sold in 1885.
The Nahal Sorek, also Soreq, is a river in the West Bank and Israel. It rises south of Ramallah in the Judean Hills, flows westwards into the coastal plain, and empties into the Mediterranean at Palma
View up the Valley of Sorek from Tur Shimon
Overview of the point where the valleys of Rephaim (left) and Sorek (right) converge
The 13th-century Yibna Bridge, seen from the dry bed of the Sorek