The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible is an animated film series produced by Hanna-Barbera that tells of three young adventurers who travel back in time to biblical events, released between 1985 and 1992. Music by Hoyt Curtin.
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00:00And their nomad friend, Mokey, find themselves trapped and sinking at what they've said.
00:28And when the dust settles, they stare up in awe at a vast chamber filled with giant relics and artifacts from another civilization.
00:47And there, at the far end of the cavern, a door with a strange inscription.
00:53All who enter these portals pass through time.
01:24Something's out there! I heard it!
01:26Relax, probably just crickets.
01:30That is no cricket!
01:32Just keep moving.
01:34That is a lion, and I bet he's got bears with him, and snakes, and crocodiles, and...
01:39There's a town just ahead. We'll be safe there.
01:43Who goes there?
01:45We're looking for a sign.
01:47There's a town just ahead. We'll be safe there.
01:50Who goes there?
01:52We're looking for a safe place to spend the night.
01:54Lions are chasing us! Hundreds of them!
01:57Sorry, this gate stays shut.
01:59Yeah, because we got a lion cornered inside.
02:03A no-good Israelite named Samson. We've been trying to catch him for years.
02:07Any minute now.
02:09So the gate stays closed. On your way.
02:14Here he comes.
02:18Hear that? He doesn't stand a chance.
02:23Yeah, that's the end of Samson.
02:41Oh, about the gate. Never mind. Don't bother opening it.
02:44We won't be going into the city.
02:48Good morning.
02:50We would have not, but the door was open anyway.
02:54Would you like some breakfast?
02:56Where did you three come from?
02:58We followed you from the city last night.
03:00Those murderous Philistines. They'll do anything to destroy me.
03:03What's with the Philistines anyway?
03:05They have taken over all of Israel, murdering innocent families, destroying our land.
03:09You sure destroyed them last night.
03:12I am the only Israelite who still defies their arrogant rule.
03:15With your strength, maybe there's still hope.
03:17Of course there is. But enough. I'm on my way.
03:20Come with me if you wish.
03:22What about the gate?
03:24I'll leave it here on the hilltop, where all can see it.
03:27Perhaps it will remind my people that we must never give up our fight for freedom.
03:35Samson!
03:37Samson! Help!
04:07Samson!
04:12Hey, who are you?
04:14A friend of Samson's. We polished off some Philistines last night.
04:18So you're a fighter, huh? Well, let's see how good you are.
04:23You're really asking for trouble, kid.
04:25All I have to say to my big buddy here is...
04:28No retreat!
04:30We're all pleased to see you again.
04:32Good to see you too. But I'm leaving for my cave in E-Town.
04:35You mustn't go there. That's the first place the Philistines will look.
04:39So let them find me. They'll wish they hadn't.
04:41There you are. I thought I lost you.
04:44Come on. I'll show you a great view from the roof.
04:46Then we'll go to the cave, all right?
04:48Great.
04:49Sounds good. He's something, isn't he?
04:51I've never seen anyone so strong.
04:53Nor so foolhardy.
04:55He has not the slightest fear of anything, man or beast.
04:59They still tell the story of the time he went to Timrah to visit a girl.
05:03The path goes through some of the wildest country around.
05:06Samson's mind was only on his lady friend, and he never noticed the big lion that was following him.
05:11Not until the very moment the beast leapt upon him.
05:14Any other man would have been dead in an instant.
05:18But not Samson. He ripped that lion apart.
05:21He dismembered him like a chicken.
05:23He's absolutely unstoppable, isn't he?
05:26Not quite.
05:27There is one manner in which all his strength would disappear completely.
05:32I pray every day his enemies do not discover it.
05:35What does he mean by that?
05:37I can't imagine Samson losing his strength.
05:40Isn't this great?
05:42Fresh spring water, cool breezes, plenty of game.
05:45What else could you ask for?
05:47Ah, how about a soft bed?
05:50But the priest said the Philistines will know you're here.
05:53He worries too much.
05:55But he has his reasons, I suppose.
05:57The Philistines are well organized, while our tribes of Israel are divided under many weak leaders.
06:02But someday...
06:03Samson!
06:05Greetings, Zebel. Come meet my friends.
06:07Why did you come here? Why?
06:09Didn't you see the Philistines who have come after you?
06:12You only bring us trouble. Don't you realize they rule us?
06:16They do not. You are men of Judah, Israelites like me.
06:19The Philistines must not rule the land.
06:22But they do. We are weak. Why do you antagonize them?
06:26I only did to them what they did to me.
06:28Enough of this. It is not your problem.
06:31I will go out and confront them myself.
06:33But this time it is our problem.
06:35They have said they will kill us and our families, 3,000 people, unless...
06:40Unless what?
06:42Unless we deliver you to them, tied up, beyond escape.
06:47You can't let us perish. You can't!
06:49They have chosen a foul way to finally destroy me.
06:52You give me no choice.
06:54All right, bind me, but promise you will not kill me.
06:57I promise, I promise.
07:06We'll go back and tell the priest. Perhaps he can organize a rescue.
07:09A rescue by them? They are all weaklings.
07:13We've got to try to help him. Hurry up, he's our pal.
07:15We're coming.
07:18Very well, you may go.
07:20Ah, the mighty Samson. Even your own people have betrayed you.
07:24They are not all that way.
07:26I'm sure we'll take you to Gaza so all the people can enjoy your execution.
07:33We're almost there. I just hope we get there in time.
07:37I hope they can do something.
07:39Oh, I hope he battles those Philistines.
07:45We shall have no more trouble with the Israelites.
07:47For by destroying Samson, we destroy the last hope of their shattered nation.
07:51They are truly finished now, and their false god with them.
08:11Get him!
08:13Come on, you heathen whelps!
08:19What are you waiting for? He can't do anything with just that old donkey's jawbone.
08:23Take him!
08:43Get the priest, hurry!
08:47What is it?
08:49It's Samson.
08:50Samson?
08:51What about Samson?
08:53Samson is... Samson is...
08:55Someone call me!
08:56How did you get loose?
08:57What happened?
08:58With a donkey's jawbone, I have slain a thousand Philistines.
09:02Come, this calls for celebration.
09:06If there is something that will cause him to lose his strength,
09:09the Philistines sure don't know what it is.
09:11Not yet.
09:12I pray they never will know.
09:16Why do we have to bother washing clothes?
09:19They'll only get dirty again.
09:21Who'd like to go on a little trip with me?
09:23Where to?
09:24The Zorak Valley.
09:25You've never seen anything so beautiful.
09:27Sounds great, let's go.
09:31Are you okay?
09:33I twisted my ankle.
09:35Oh, it's my fault.
09:37We won't be able to go with you.
09:39Hey, you two can go, I'll be all right.
09:42Are you sure?
09:43No problem.
09:44Go on, get out of here.
09:45I can use the rest.
09:47We'll just be gone a couple of days.
09:49If you need anything, the priest will take care of you.
09:51Oh, Derek, since you'll be resting,
09:53would you mind touching up my robe a little with a hot iron?
09:56I'll touch you up a little if you don't get out of here.
10:00Delilah!
10:03Samson!
10:04What a pleasant surprise.
10:06I've brought two friends, Margo and Mokey.
10:08You're more than welcome.
10:10We've got plenty of room.
10:12Well, come on in, the door's open.
10:14And this one you don't have to tear off its hinges.
10:21Make yourselves comfortable, I'll be right back.
10:24I'll see if I can find us a little refreshment.
10:26Boy, oh boy, Samson sure knows how to pick them.
10:29That Delilah's really a looker, isn't she?
10:31Well, isn't she?
10:32Oh, yes.
10:34But there's something about all this that doesn't seem right.
10:39Now we know we can't capture Samson by force.
10:42No man can match his strength.
10:44And I have this little memento to prove it.
10:47So we must overpower him another way.
10:50We must find the source of his strength and destroy it.
10:54With your very able assistance.
10:57I will be most grateful.
11:00I will be no partner to murder.
11:02Nor we.
11:04We have no intent to kill him, none at all.
11:07We wish merely to capture him as an object lesson.
11:10No, no, my dear, we want him very much alive.
11:13But Samson is an old and very dear friend.
11:16Of course.
11:18But tell me, does this very dear friend bring you gifts worthy of you?
11:23Does he bring you precious gems, silks, perfumes?
11:28Well, no, but...
11:30This can.
11:33Shekels can be even dearer friends.
11:36Especially when there are many, many of them.
11:39No, I couldn't possibly.
11:41How many?
11:45Eleven hundred.
11:47Make the Israelite tell you his secret and you'll get eleven hundred.
11:54From each of us.
11:57Yes, eleven hundred from each of us.
12:09With Miriam's help, your ankle should be better soon.
12:12Rest it one more day.
12:14Thank you. Maybe I can go to Sorek tomorrow to join Samson.
12:18Samson is in Sorek?
12:20With Delilah, the deceitful one?
12:23Delilah? The only one who has power over him?
12:26You mean she can't be trusted?
12:28Never. No man could ever pry his secret from him but a beautiful woman?
12:33I have a terrible premonition.
12:35You must get him to leave immediately.
12:38Your two young friends are resting.
12:41The long walk here tired them.
12:43That wine made me sleepy too.
12:45Samson, please tell me something.
12:48Of course I love you.
12:50And I love you.
12:52But there's another question in my mind.
12:54The answer is yes, you're the only woman for me.
12:57It's something else.
12:59You're so wonderfully strong.
13:01Are there any bindings you could not escape from?
13:05I'm just curious.
13:06Well, strangely enough, if I were bound with seven green willow switches, I'd be helpless.
13:16You heard. Get me seven green willow switches. And hurry!
13:22Samson, awake! The Philistines are upon you!
13:26Where are they?
13:27You lied to me.
13:30You... you...
13:34Delilah's town lies in that valley.
13:36Just keep on the road between the mountains.
13:40I'll leave first thing in the morning.
13:42These tapestries are beautiful.
13:44Pure silk.
13:45From the days when we Israelites were a strong nation of traders and ruled our own destiny.
13:50With leaders like Samson, we may one day be free again.
13:53But you said he had a weakness.
13:55It's an unusual story.
13:57Years ago, a man named Manoa had a wife who was sterile.
14:03She was a fine woman who dearly loved all children.
14:07Even though, sadly, she could have none of her own.
14:11Then one day, an angel of the Lord appeared to her and told her she was finally to have a child.
14:17A son.
14:18And furthermore, he was to be a Nazarite.
14:21Set apart as God's own from birth.
14:24And because of this, a solemn promise must be kept by her son.
14:29That in all his life, no razor would ever be used on the hair of his head.
14:34It was so agreed.
14:36And to their great joy, a son was born to her.
14:39And they named him Samson.
14:41And Samson's hair has never been cut?
14:44If it is ever cut, his promise to the Lord would then be broken.
14:48And all his wondrous strength would disappear.
14:54I'm sorry I teased you this afternoon.
14:59It just didn't seem that important.
15:01If you truly loved me, you'd share this with me.
15:04If you truly loved me, you'd share the secret of your strength with me?
15:08The secret of his strength? I don't like this.
15:11Me neither.
15:12But I made a promise.
15:15All right, I'll tell you.
15:17And will you swear before Dagon that this time it will be the truth?
15:21I will have nothing to do with your pagan idol.
15:23I am a Nazarite, a man of God.
15:25All right, but tell me.
15:27Tell this to no man, but all my strength would leave me if anyone would.
15:33What did he whisper?
15:34I don't know, but now I'm really worried.
15:39Be ready.
15:40He told me his strength would leave him if you were bound with new ropes.
15:44I have done so. He is helpless.
15:46Samson, awake!
15:48The Philistines are upon you!
15:53Oh, Samson!
15:55Why do you mock me?
15:57Why do you make a fool of me?
15:59Why do you lie to me?
16:03Give Samson this ring.
16:05Then he'll know how serious I regard his danger.
16:09Good morning.
16:10We've come to collect our taxes.
16:12With your permission, of course.
16:14You collected them last month.
16:16This is an outrage.
16:17Samson will wreak his revenge against you.
16:20You and your Samson.
16:22He is but one man.
16:23We will pay no more taxes to you and your men.
16:26Get back inside.
16:27Nobody leaves this town until they pay their taxes.
16:29Nobody!
16:30I shall pray for Samson's safe return.
16:33I'm afraid your holy prayers will change nothing.
16:38I fear for Samson's life.
16:40We must get a warning to him.
16:42But how?
16:43There may be a way.
16:44Could I use some of this silk?
16:46Of course, but...
16:47I'll need someone to sew it.
16:49Miriam can do that.
16:50But a silk garment won't...
16:52And some of those willow branches from the courtyard.
16:54You have a plan.
16:55Anything else you need?
16:56One more thing.
16:58Pray for wind.
16:59With it, I will get to Samson.
17:02Good morning, Delilah.
17:05Why don't we get a boat?
17:06Go out on the river.
17:09Take the others.
17:10I'll stay here.
17:11I came here to be with you.
17:13Why?
17:14Why spend time with someone you don't trust?
17:17You know how I feel about you, Delilah.
17:19That's just the problem.
17:22I don't.
17:24Hey, good news.
17:25Delilah's talking to him today.
17:27She's probably still trying to get him to tell her the secret of his strength.
17:31I just don't understand why that doesn't make him suspicious.
17:34Or maybe we're worrying too much.
17:37Samson's pretty smart.
17:38He's also in love.
17:41Can't you be both?
17:42Let's have a pleasant day together like we used to.
17:45Then if by tonight you still aren't sure of my feelings,
17:48I'll tell you the secret.
17:50How's that?
17:51You promise you'll tell me tonight?
17:53I'll even give you a hint now in advance.
17:56It has something to do with my hair.
17:59Your hair?
18:00But I'm really hoping that by tonight you'll forget the whole matter.
18:03I probably will.
18:06Where are you going, priest?
18:08Just back into the temple.
18:10Make sure you stay there.
18:26Do I understand you right?
18:28You intend to fly off the roof with that?
18:31Not exactly fly.
18:33It'll be closer to gliding, like a kite.
18:35I'll float right over those philistines.
18:38Over the philistines?
18:40Is it possible?
18:41We'll find out tomorrow.
18:43Let us hope that Samson can keep his secret from Delilah.
18:46So the secret of your strength is with your hair.
18:49Soon the silver pieces will be mine.
18:54Stand ready.
18:55First I must do as he explained
18:57and weave seven braids of his hair into the cloth on my loom.
19:05Samson, awake!
19:06The philistines are upon you!
19:11You lied to me again.
19:13For the third time you have mocked me.
19:15Why?
19:16Because I don't think this should be important between us.
19:19Then nothing is important between us.
19:21If you really...
19:22I heard a sound.
19:24Someone's in there.
19:25I heard nothing.
19:28Of course there's someone in there.
19:30The whole philistine army.
19:32Just as you suspect.
19:33I'm doing all this to destroy you.
19:36I never said that.
19:37But that's what you think, isn't it?
19:39Dear Samson, make up your mind.
19:42Either you trust me
19:44or you leave in the morning.
19:48Everything quiet?
19:49Except for the wind, sir.
19:51It's beginning to blow.
19:53Perhaps you should wait.
19:55I'll need all the time I can get.
19:57Have you seen the priest this morning?
19:59No, sir. Shall I investigate?
20:01No, let him be.
20:03The boy will kill himself.
20:13The Lord is with him.
20:16What was that?
20:17Didn't notice anything, sir.
20:19It was like a shadow.
20:20Probably just a bird.
20:23Let's go.
20:40Uh-oh.
20:41Looks like trouble.
20:42The wing's torn.
20:46Hang in there, fella.
20:48We're coming in for a crash landing.
20:51Yow!
20:54That's hanging in there.
20:56Well, here goes.
20:59What?
21:00Well, nothing's broken.
21:02Now all I've got to do is find Samson.
21:05Well, this was kind of a nice day, wasn't it?
21:07The boat was great.
21:09And Samson and Delilah are getting along for a change.
21:12You know, she seemed really happy.
21:14She sure did.
21:16I wonder if that's a good sign or bad.
21:18Remember, you promised to tell me,
21:20and no more lies.
21:22All right, all right.
21:24I'm so weary of the whole matter.
21:27You see, I was born a Nazirite,
21:29and a promise was made to God.
21:31Yes, yes, the promise.
21:33I'll tell you tomorrow.
21:35No, tell me now, Samson, now.
21:41The promise, Samson, what was it?
21:43My hair.
21:45What about your hair?
21:46That no razor would ever...
21:48Yes, yes, whatever what?
21:51Would ever cut it off.
21:53If your hair was cut off, you'd lose your strength.
21:56What?
22:14Oh, it's awful late.
22:16Guess I'll...
22:17Look, there's Derek.
22:21What are you doing?
22:23Is Samson here? Let me in, quickly.
22:25Hurry, hurry, and don't wake him.
22:27Where is he?
22:29In there, but he's with Delilah.
22:31I don't think you should...
22:32Samson, awake.
22:33The Philistines.
22:35We're too late. Come on.
22:40Where are they?
22:41Assassins, prepare to die.
22:43Cowards.
22:45There's nothing to fear.
22:47Delilah.
22:52Lady Stringford.
22:54Oh, no.
22:56Delilah, you have betrayed me.
22:58He has lost his strength.
23:00He's as weak as a lamb.
23:03Lady Stringford.
23:10We better get out of here.
23:12There's nothing we can do.
23:13There's nothing anyone can do.
23:22I'm glad your travels have brought you this way again.
23:25I'm returning the ring you gave me.
23:27Whatever happened to Samson?
23:29You don't know?
23:31The Philistines blinded him and chained him to a millstone.
23:34All of this because he broke his vow.
23:37But he was so strong.
23:39No chain could ever hold him.
23:41Let's just hope and pray that his strength will one day return.
23:44Move it, Samson.
23:46Who said to stop?
23:47Unchain the miserable wretch.
23:49We're taking him to the temple.
23:51They want a good laugh over what happened to the mighty Samson.
23:56Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
24:17Hey, Samson, what a fight!
24:19Ha, ha.
24:25Oh, Lord God, give me strength just once more that I may avenge the Philistines for what
24:35they have done.
25:05Oh, Lord God, give me strength just once more that I may avenge the Philistines for
25:36And thus perished Samson, and with him more of his enemy than he had slain in his lifetime.
25:41And then his brothers and his father's whole family went down to get him.
25:45They brought him back and buried him between Zorah and Ashtol in the tomb of Manoah his father.
25:52He had led Israel for twenty years.
26:35The End