Samson Destroys Philistines and their Crops

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Author: Haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni

Image Title: Samson Destroys Philistines and their Crops

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Description: After Samson burned Philistine fields by tying torches to the tails of foxes (background), he slew 1,000 Philistines with the jawbone of an ass and quenched his thirst with water supplied by God (foreground).

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