Bad Girls of the Bible: Delilah – The Femme Fatale Who Took the Fall

When you hear the name Delilah, you probably picture the ultimate seductress - the sultry femme fatale who batted her eyelashes, whispered sweet nothings, and single-handedly brought down Israel’s strongest man. She’s been immortalized in art, sermons, and even pop songs as the woman who used her body to ruin a man.

But let’s slow this movie reel down. Is Delilah truly the villain of the story, or has history once again given us a woman flattened into the role of “temptress,” while the man’s faults get excused as “boys will be boys”?