Samson in rabbinic literature x. 13), was a member of that clan (comp. I Chronicles iv. 3). The name "Samson" is derived from "shemesh" ("sun"), so that Samson bore the name of God, who is also "a sun and shield" (Psalm lxxxiv. 12 [A. V. 11]); and as God protected Israel, so did Samson watch over it in his generation, judging the people even as did God. Samson's strength was divinely derived (Sotah 10a); and he further resembled God in requiring neither aid nor help (Genesis Rabba xcviii. 18). In the blessings which Jacob pronounced on the tribe of Dan (Genesis xlix. 16-17) he
Theory of Kashmiri descent from lost tribes of Israel are of Indo-Aryan descent while the Jews are of Semitic descent. The theory is essentially based on the purported similarities between Kashmir place names and Hebrew words and phrases. The name "Kashmir" locally known as kasher itself is said to be based on the Hebrew word "Kashir" (), "like Syria". The Kashmir valley, said to be the dwelling place of the Ten Lost Tribes, is called "Bagh-I-Suleman" (Garden of Solomon) in local parlance. The connection between Kashmir and ancient Israel is strengthened further by such Kashmiri place names as "Tomb of Moses" and "Throne of Solomon". There is also a