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JUD-16:1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and
went in unto her.
JUD-16:2 [And it was told] the Gazites, saying, Samson is come
hither. And they compassed [him] in, and laid wait for him all
night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night,
saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
JUD-16:3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight,
and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts,
and went away with them, bar and all, and put [them] upon his
shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that [is]
before Hebron.
JUD-16:4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in
the valley of Sorek, whose name [was] Delilah.
JUD-16:5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and
said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength
[lieth], and by what [means] we may prevail against him, that we
may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of
us eleven hundred [pieces] of silver.
JUD-16:6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee,
wherein thy great strength [lieth], and wherewith thou mightest
be bound to afflict thee.
JUD-16:7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven
green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be
as another man.
JUD-16:8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her
seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him
with them.
JUD-16:9 Now [there were] men lying in wait, abiding with her in
the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines [be] upon
thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is
broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
JUD-16:10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked
me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou
mightest be bound.
JUD-16:11 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new
ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as
another man.
JUD-16:12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him
therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines [be] upon thee,
Samson. And [there were] liers in wait abiding in the chamber.
And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
JUD-16:13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast
mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be
bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of
my head with the web.
JUD-16:14 And she fastened [it] with the pin, and said unto him,
The Philistines [be] upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his
sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
JUD-16:15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee,
when thine heart [is] not with me? thou hast mocked me these
three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength
[lieth].
JUD-16:16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with
her words, and urged him, [so] that his soul was vexed unto
death;
JUD-16:17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her,
There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I [have been] a
Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my
strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like
any [other] man.
JUD-16:18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his
heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines,
saying, Come up this once, for he hath showed me all his heart.
Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought
money in their hand.
JUD-16:19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called
for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of
his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went
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