Greatest Characters of Old Testament: 1

Delilah was a whore. She sold herself out as a whore. She sold Samson out as a whore. Samson fell for her because he loved her and she was nothing but a whore. Yes, it's an ugly accusation, but it is an accurate one. The story of Delilah the cowardly whore is found in Judges 16. Verse 5: "And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver." Delilah was a whore pimped out by the Philistines as a tool to subdue Samson.Examples of honorable women in the Bible would be Deborah, who went into battle fearing no man and confident in God to the shame of Barak who refused to go into battle if she would not go. Deborah told Barak it would be to his shame that a woman led the battle, and she went to war and the battle was won. Deborah and Delilah were both "W"s. One was a warrior and the other one was a whore.The story of Deborah can be read in the Book of Judges, chapters 4 and 5 in the Bible.Another great woman in contrast to the whore, Delilah, was Ruth. Ruth was a Moabite. Moabites were forbidden from entering into the Israel congregation (Deut. 23:3). When Ruth's husband died, she clung to her mother-in-law, Naomi, who was an Israelite and returned from the country of Moab to Israel when she heard that the LORD had relieved the famine that had overshadowed Israel. Naomi advised her daughter in laws to stay in Moab where they would be provided for under the estates of their deceased husbands, but Ruth loved Naomi and refused to turn back saying "Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God shall be my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so unto me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me. After they came into Israel, Ruth asked permission to go out with the gleaners to gather the remains after harvest which was by law a provision for the poor in Israel. Ruth happened to get to glean in the field of a rich relative of Naomi, Boaz. She caught Boaz's eye, she must have been very beautiful. She had been working hard from the morning on, desiring to earn her keep with Naomi in the land of Israel where she was not supposed to be allowed as a Moabitess. Boaz charged her to not go to any other field other than his to glean, and he charged the young men not to touch her, and to allow her to drink from their water. Ruth fell on her face and bowed herself to the ground asking why she had found favor since she was a stranger. Boaz answered her: " It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust" As the story goes on, Ruth saw her opportunity and won Boaz's heart and full commitment to marry her. "And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requires: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.", said Boaz.Ruth was virtuous and honorable, driven by her love for her mother-in-law to leave her own people, and God rewarded her for her courage and virtue. Ruth was an honorable woman of virtue, Delilah sold out like a whore sells out for her pimp. These are two great women of the Bible who stand in stark contrast to the whore, Delilah. There are more. Delilah was a coward who sold out for money. Delilah played the whore to Samson, and Samson was blind in his love for her to the point that he paid the whore with his most precious secret, the secret of his strength, and Samson fell captive and paid with the plucking out of his eyes; the eyes that should have seen that Delilah was playing the whore on him as she tried to discover the secret of his great strength. Can my opponent explain why Delilah should be held up as a great woman of the Bible who set a good example to follow? Why in the world would anybody want to follow the example of a cowardly whore like Delilah? The story of Ruth is found in the Book of Ruth in the Bible, The debate here is not about the legal authority during the time of Samson. The debate is about the character of Delilah, and who would be the greatest character of the Old Testament. Whoever the greatest character of the Old Testament is, it certainly is not Delilah the Whore. She was nothing but a lying whore, loved by Samson who fell for her like a fool. Delilah got paid by her pimps in silver, and Samson paid with the loss of his eyes for his blind love of a whore.