Expert: Dennis Herman - 9/13/2008

Question
Did Samson have a son? If so, what was his name?

Answer
The Bible dos not mention Samson having a son but the following text would lead us to believe the possibility existed.

KJV Judges 15:1-2
1.  But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
2.  And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

KJV Judges 16:1-2
1.  Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
2.  And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.

KJV Judges 16:4
4.  And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

I do not think Samson is mentioned in any book other than Judges.  The Bible does not mention anything else in regards to Samson beyond the book of Judges.  I hope this helps.