Delilah Delilah is usually thought to have been a Philistine, although she is not identified as such in the Bible. The name "Delilah" is a Hebrew name, however, numerous foreigners in the Bible have Hebrew names, so Delilah's name cannot be seen as indisputable proof that she was Hebrew. J. Cheryl Exum of the Jewish Women's Archive argues that the author of the Book of Judges would probably not portray Delilah in a negative light if she were a fellow Israelite. Samson was attracted to Philistine women; he had previously been married to one. Exum writes that the arguments that Delilah
Samson and Delilah (Rubens) seen in Frans Fracken the Younger's painting "Banquet at the House of Burgomaster Rockox", where the painting is hanging above the mantlepiece. Jacob Matham, a Haarlem printmaker, used the Cincinnati oil sketch of "Samson and Delilah" as a modello for an engraving he made in circa 1613. The engraving is a reverse image of "Samson and Delilah". Samson and Delilah (Rubens) Samson and Delilah is a painting by the Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) which is currently on display in the National Gallery. It dates from about 1609 to 1610. Two preliminary copies of the painting also exist