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The lion is an animal Branan makes an uneasy friendship with in volume six of the Son of Samson series. Branan encounters the lion when he is stranded in the desert somewhere between Lod and Shiloh after some thieving lion hunters pilfer Uzal and the serpent staff Branan was returning the the tabernacle priests at Shiloh. Stumbling around in circles, desperate for water, Branan comes across a noble-looking lion trapped in pit presumably dug by the lion hunters who stole Branan's provisions, Yitzhak and Mizzah. Branan decides to free the beast from the pit by dropping a nearby log into the hole so the lion can use it like a ramp to walk out of the hole.
After the lion escapes, it runs away, much to Branan's relief. Branan, meanwhile, is still stuck walking around in the desert without any food or water to sustain him.