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Lions were widespread in the Mediterranean basin including the modern territory of Israel and Palestine during the Bronze Age, when the Samson story is said to have taken place. Asiatic lions persisted in Palestine as late as 1400 AD. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Last-lion-sightings-and-extinctions-according-to-the-written-record-The-framed-area-is_fig2_250007417
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