According to the account in the Book of Judges, Samson lived during a time of repeated conflict between Israel and Philistia, when God was disciplining the Israelites by giving them "into the hand of the Philistines".
Prema izveštaju u Knjizi sudija, Samson je živeo u vreme ponovnog sukoba između Izraela i Filisteje, kada je Bog disciplinovao Izraelce tako što ih je davao "u ruke Filistejaca".