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Judges 16 · Preschool

Remember Me

Name Date

Color Samson and the two big pillars! Samson prayed, God, remember me.

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

Samson called to Yahweh, and said, “Lord Yahweh, remember me, please, and strengthen me, please, only this once, God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.”

Judges 16:28 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: Samson made many wrong choices, but he still prayed to God. We can always pray to God.

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Judges 16 · Kindergarten

His Hair Grew

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

HAIR
GREW
HEAD
AGAIN
However, the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.

Judges 16:22 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

PILLAR
SAMSON
PRAY
GATE

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw a person praying to God.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing me when I pray. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who do you trust with secrets?
  • How can you pray when you need help?

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Judges 16 · Grade 1

Samson Prays

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

DELILAH
HAIR
PILLAR
GATE
However, the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.

Judges 16:22 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

Samson carried the city gates.
The lords gave Delilah silver.
Delilah tied him with ropes.
His hair began to grow again.
Samson pushed the two pillars.

Samson and Delilah

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

Samson carries the gate

Samson prays, Remember me

Samson's hair grows again

The lords offer Delilah silver

Draw a person praying to God.

Memory Verse

“However, the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.”

Judges 16:22 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing me when I pray. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why did Delilah keep asking Samson?
  • What happened when Samson's hair was cut?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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Judges 16 · Grade 2

Samson's Secret

Name Date

Read the Story

Samson went to Gaza. The people waited at the gate to catch him. At midnight Samson got up. He picked up the city gates and carried them up a hill!

Samson loved a woman named Delilah. The Philistine leaders paid her silver to learn his secret. Three times Samson told her something that was not true. At last he told her that no razor had ever cut his hair. She had his hair cut. God left him. The Philistines took away his sight and put him in prison.

In prison, his hair began to grow again. The Philistines had a party for their false god Dagon. They brought Samson to make fun of him. Samson prayed, Lord, remember me, and make me strong one more time. He pushed the two middle pillars. The house fell, and Samson died with the Philistines.

Memory Verse

“However, the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.”

Judges 16:22 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. What did Samson carry up a hill?

    Three timesHis hairThe city gates

  2. Who paid Delilah?

    The Philistine leadersThree timesThe two middle pillars

  3. How many times did Samson tell her something not true?

    Three timesThe Philistine leadersHis hair

  4. What began to grow in prison?

    Three timesHis hairThe Philistine leaders

  5. What did Samson push?

    The two middle pillarsHis hairThree times

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

AHFNTGKPKDPPILLARSEAGIAAVTHLGGAVJDYAISTOZNLMILNAGNAUARAREMEMBERHSKGATEHFOSSILVERD
  • REMEMBER
  • DELILAH
  • PILLARS
  • SILVER
  • DAGON
  • GAZA
  • GATE
  • HAIR

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing me when I pray. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why is it important to tell the truth to people you love?
  • Why did the Philistines praise Dagon?

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Judges 16 · Grade 3

Lord, Remember Me

Name Date

Read the Story

Samson went to Gaza. The men waited at the gate all night. At midnight Samson pulled up the doors of the gate, posts and all, and carried them to a hilltop.

Samson loved Delilah. The lords of the Philistines each offered her eleven hundred pieces of silver to learn his strength. Samson lied three times, about green cords, new ropes, and weaving his hair. She pressed him daily. Then he told her all his heart. While he slept, his seven locks were shaved, and Yahweh departed from him. The Philistines took away his sight and made him grind at the mill.

But the hair of his head began to grow again. At a feast for Dagon, the Philistines called Samson to entertain them. He stood between the pillars. He called to Yahweh, Lord Yahweh, remember me, please, and strengthen me. He pushed the pillars, and the house fell. Samson died with the Philistines. He had judged Israel twenty years.

Memory Verse

“However, the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.”

Judges 16:22 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. When did Samson pull up the gate doors?

  2. How much silver did each lord offer?

  3. What three things did Samson lie about?

  4. Who departed from Samson?

  5. Who was the Philistines' god?

Samson and Delilah

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing me when I pray. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can friends lead us into trouble if we are not careful?
  • What does his hair growing again show?

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Judges 16 · Grade 4

Strength Lost and Renewed

Name Date

Read and Think

Samson's weakness for wrong choices continued. In Gaza, enemies waited to kill him at dawn, but he rose at midnight and carried away the city gate. Then he loved Delilah, and the Philistine lords promised her eleven hundred pieces of silver each if she discovered his secret.

Three times Delilah tied Samson, called out that the Philistines were on him, and three times he broke free. She accused him of mocking her and pressed him daily until his soul was troubled to death. He finally told her all his heart: he was a Nazirite, and if shaved he would become weak. She had his seven locks shaved, and he did not know Yahweh had departed from him. The Philistines put out his eyes and made him grind at the mill in prison.

However, his hair began to grow again. The Philistines praised Dagon for delivering Samson to them and brought him out to entertain them. Samson asked the boy leading him to let him feel the pillars. He prayed, Lord Yahweh, remember me, please, and strengthen me, please, only this once. He pushed the two middle pillars, and the house fell on the lords and the people, and Samson died with them.

Show What You Know

  1. How much was Delilah offered?

  2. What did Samson not know after his hair was shaved?

  3. What began to happen to his hair in prison?

  4. Whom did the Philistines praise?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

DagonGazahairDelilahpillars
  1. In , enemies waited to kill him at dawn, but he rose at midnight and carried away the city gate.
  2. Then he loved , and the Philistine lords promised her eleven hundred pieces of silver each if she discovered his secret.
  3. However, his began to grow again.
  4. The Philistines praised for delivering Samson to them and brought him out to entertain them.
  5. Samson asked the boy leading him to let him feel the .

Think About It

  1. Samson thought he could keep playing with danger and still be strong. What dangers do people sometimes play with?

  2. Samson's hair began to grow again. How does that small detail give hope to people who have failed?

Memory Verse

“However, the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.”

Judges 16:22 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing me when I pray. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • When can you pray to God for help, even late?
  • How does God show that He is stronger than anything?

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Judges 16 · Grade 5

Remember Me, Please

Name Date

Read and Think

The last chapter of Samson's life shows strength wasted and then used one final time. In Gaza he escaped an ambush by carrying off the gate, doors, posts, and bar to a hill before Hebron. Then he loved Delilah of the valley of Sorek. The lords of the Philistines offered her eleven hundred pieces of silver each to discover how to bind and afflict him.

Delilah tried three times: seven green cords, new ropes, and weaving his seven locks into the loom. Each time Samson broke free, and each time she asked again. Her daily pressure troubled his soul to death, and he told her all his heart. She had his head shaved while he slept. He awoke expecting to shake himself free as at other times, but he didn't know that Yahweh had departed from him. The Philistines put out his eyes, bound him with bronze fetters, and set him grinding in the Gaza prison.

Yet the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved. At a great sacrifice to Dagon, the Philistines boasted that their god had given them Samson. They brought him out to perform, with about three thousand on the roof. Samson prayed, Lord Yahweh, remember me, please, and strengthen me, please, only this once. He pushed the two middle pillars and the house fell. Dagon had been praised, but Yahweh showed His power. Samson was buried in the tomb of his father Manoah after judging Israel twenty years. In the New Testament, Hebrews names Samson with Gideon, Barak, and Jephthah among people of faith (Hebrews 11:32).

Show What You Know

  1. Where did Samson carry the gate?

  2. What were Delilah's three attempts?

  3. What did Samson expect when he awoke shaved?

  4. How many were on the roof?

  5. Where was Samson buried?

Crossword

53124

Across

  1. Lord Yahweh, ____ me
  2. Samson pushed the two middle ones
  3. The city whose gate Samson carried

Down

  1. The woman in the valley of Sorek
  2. The Philistines' god

Think About It

  1. Samson told Delilah all his heart, even after she tried to trap him three times. Why do people keep ignoring warning signs?

  2. Samson's last prayer was only this once. What does it teach that God heard a man who had failed so often?

Memory Verse

“However, the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.”

Judges 16:22 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing me when I pray. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What warning signs should we pay attention to in our lives?
  • What hope does Samson's prayer give to people who have failed?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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