Judges:15-16

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ylt @Judges:15:1 @And it cometh to pass , after [some ] days , in the days of wheat-harvest , that Samson looketh after his wife , with a kid of the goats , and saith , 'I go in unto my wife , to the inner chamber ;' and her father hath not permitted him to go in , ylt @Judges:15:2 @and her father saith , I certainly said , that thou didst certainly hate her , and I give her to thy companion ; is not her sister -- the young one -- better than she ? Let her be , I pray thee , to thee , instead of her .' ylt @Judges:15:3 @And Samson saith of them , 'I am more innocent this time than the Philistines , though I am doing with them evil .' ylt @Judges:15:4 @And Samson goeth and catcheth three hundred foxes , and taketh torches , and turneth tail unto tail , and putteth a torch between the two tails , in the midst , ylt @Judges:15:5 @and kindleth fire in the torches , and sendeth [them ] out into the standing corn of the Philistines , and burneth [it ] from heap even unto standing corn , even unto vineyard -- olive-yard . ylt @Judges:15:6 @And the Philistines say , 'Who hath done this ?' And they say , 'Samson , son-in-law of the Timnite , because he hath taken away his wife , and giveth her to his companion ;' and the Philistines go up , and burn her and her father with fire . ylt @Judges:15:7 @And Samson saith to them , 'Though ye do thus , nevertheless I am avenged on you , and afterwards I cease !' ylt @Judges:15:8 @And he smiteth them hip and thigh -- a great smiting , and goeth down and dwelleth in the cleft of the rock Etam . ylt @Judges:15:9 @And the Philistines go up , and encamp in Judah , and are spread out in Lehi , ylt @Judges:15:10 @and the men of Judah say , 'Why have ye come up against us ?' and they say , 'To bind Samson we have come up , to do to him as he hath done to us .' ylt @Judges:15:11 @And three thousand men of Judah go down unto the cleft of the rock Etam , and say to Samson , 'Hast thou now known that the Philistines are rulers over us ? and what [is ] this thou hast done to us ?' And he saith to them , 'As they did to me , so I did to them .' ylt @Judges:15:12 @And they say to him , 'To bind thee we have come down -- to give thee into the hand of the Philistines .' And Samson saith to them , 'Swear to me , lest ye fall upon me yourselves .' ylt @Judges:15:13 @And they speak to him , saying , No , but we certainly bind thee , and have given thee into their hand , and we certainly do not put thee to death ;' and they bind him with two thick bands , new ones , and bring him up from the rock . ylt @Judges:15:14 @He hath come unto Lehi -- and the Philistines have shouted at meeting him -- and the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him , and the thick bands which [are ] on his arms are as flax which they burn with fire , and his bands are wasted from off his hands , ylt @Judges:15:15 @and he findeth a fresh jaw-bone of an ass , and putteth forth his hand and taketh it , and smiteth with it -- a thousand men . ylt @Judges:15:16 @And Samson saith , 'With a jaw-bone of the ass -- an ass upon asses -- with a jaw-bone of the ass I have smitten a thousand men .' ylt @Judges:15:17 @And it cometh to pass when he finisheth speaking , that he casteth away the jaw-bone out of his hand , and calleth that place Ramath-Lehi ; ylt @Judges:15:18 @and he thirsteth exceedingly , and calleth unto Jehovah , and saith , 'Thou -- Thou hast given by the hand of Thy servant this great salvation ; and now , I die with thirst , and have fallen into the hand of the uncircumcised .' ylt @Judges:15:19 @And God cleaveth the hollow place which [is ] in Lehi , and waters come out of it , and he drinketh , and his spirit cometh back , and he reviveth ; therefore hath [one ] called its name 'The fountain of him who is calling ,' which [is ] in Lehi unto this day . ylt @Judges:15:20 @And he judgeth Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years . ylt @Judges:16:1 @And Samson goeth to Gaza , and seeth there a woman , a harlot , and goeth in unto her ; ylt @Judges:16:2 @[it is told ] to the Gazathites , saying , 'Samson hath come in hither ;' and they go round and lay wait for him all the night at the gate of the city , and keep themselves silent all the night , saying , 'Till the light of the morning -- then we have slain him .' ylt @Judges:16:3 @And Samson lieth down till the middle of the night , and riseth in the middle of the night , and layeth hold on the doors of the gate of the city , and on the two side posts , and removeth them with the bar , and putteth on his shoulders , and taketh them up unto the top of the hill , which [is ] on the front of Hebron . ylt @Judges:16:4 @And it cometh to pass afterwards that he loveth a woman in the valley of Sorek , and her name [is ] Delilah , ylt @Judges:16:5 @and the princes of the Philistines come up unto her , and say to her , 'Entice him , and see wherein his great power [is ], and wherein we are able for him -- and we have bound him to afflict him , and we -- we give to thee , each one , eleven hundred silverlings .' ylt @Judges:16:6 @And Delilah saith unto Samson , 'Declare , I pray thee , to me , wherein thy great power [is ], and wherewith thou art bound , to afflict thee .' ylt @Judges:16:7 @And Samson saith unto her , 'If they bind me with seven green withs which have not been dried , then I have been weak , and have been as one of the human race .' ylt @Judges:16:8 @And the princes of the Philistines bring up to her seven green withs which have not been dried , and she bindeth him with them . ylt @Judges:16:9 @And the ambush is abiding with her in an inner chamber , and she saith unto him , 'Philistines [are ] upon thee , Samson ;' and he breaketh the withs as a thread of tow is broken in its smelling fire , and his power hath not been known . ylt @Judges:16:10 @And Delilah saith unto Samson , 'Lo , thou hast played upon me , and speakest unto me lies ; now , declare , I pray thee , to me , wherewith thou art bound .' ylt @Judges:16:11 @And he saith unto her , 'If they certainly bind me with thick bands , new ones , by which work hath not been done , then I have been weak , and have been as one of the human race .' ylt @Judges:16:12 @And Delilah taketh thick bands , new ones , and bindeth him with them , and saith unto him , 'Philistines [are ] upon thee , Samson ;' and the ambush is abiding in an inner chamber , and he breaketh them from off his arms as a thread . ylt @Judges:16:13 @And Delilah saith unto Samson , 'Hitherto thou hast played upon me , and dost speak unto me lies ; declare to me wherewith thou art bound .' And he saith unto her , 'If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web .' ylt @Judges:16:14 @And she fixeth [it ] with the pin , and saith unto him , 'Philistines [are ] upon thee , Samson ;' and he awaketh out of his sleep , and journeyeth with the pin of the weaving machine , and with the web . ylt @Judges:16:15 @And she saith unto him , 'How dost thou say , I have loved thee , and thy heart is not with me ? these three times thou hast played upon me , and hast not declared to me wherein thy great power [is ].' ylt @Judges:16:16 @And it cometh to pass , because she distressed him with her words all the days , and doth urge him , and his soul is grieved to death , ylt @Judges:16:17 @that he declareth to her all his heart , and saith to her , 'A razor hath not gone up on my head , for a Nazarite to God I [am ] from the womb of my mother ; if I have been shaven , then hath my power turned aside from me , and I have been weak , and have been as any of the human race .' ylt @Judges:16:18 @And Delilah seeth that he hath declared to her all his heart , and she sendeth and calleth for the princes of the Philistines , saying , 'Come up this time , for he hath declared to me all his heart ;' and the princes of the Philistines have come up unto her , and bring up the money in their hand . ylt @Judges:16:19 @and she maketh him sleep on her knees , and calleth for a man , and shaveth the seven locks of his head , and beginneth to afflict him , and his power turneth aside from off him ; ylt @Judges:16:20 @and she saith , 'Philistines [are ] upon thee , Samson ;' and he awaketh out of his sleep , and saith , 'I go out as time by time , and shake myself ;' and he hath not known that Jehovah hath turned aside from off him . ylt @Judges:16:21 @And the Philistines seize him , and pick out his eyes , and bring him down to Gaza , and bind him with two brazen fetters ; and he is grinding in the prison-house . ylt @Judges:16:22 @And the hair of his head beginneth to shoot up , when he hath been shaven , ylt @Judges:16:23 @and the princes of the Philistines have been gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god , and to rejoice ; and they say , 'Our god hath given into our hand Samson our enemy .' ylt @Judges:16:24 @And the people see him , and praise their god , for they said , 'Our god hath given in our hand our enemy , and he who is laying waste our land , and who multiplied our wounded .' ylt @Judges:16:25 @And it cometh to pass , when their heart [is ] glad , that they say , 'Call for Samson , and he doth play before us ;' and they call for Samson out of the prison-house , and he playeth before them , and they cause him to stand between the pillars . ylt @Judges:16:26 @And Samson saith unto the young man who is keeping hold on his hand , 'Let me alone , and let me feel the pillars on which the house is established , and I lean upon them .' ylt @Judges:16:27 @And the house hath been full of men and of women , and thither [are ] all the princes of the Philistines , and on the roof [are ] about three thousand men and women , who are looking on the playing of Samson . ylt @Judges:16:28 @And Samson calleth unto Jehovah , and saith , 'Lord Jehovah , remember me , I pray Thee , and strengthen me , I pray Thee , only this time , O God ; and I am avenged -- vengeance at once -- because of my two eyes , on the Philistines .' ylt @Judges:16:29 @And Samson turneth aside [to ] the two middle pillars , on which the house is established , and on which it is supported , [to ] the one with his right hand , and one with his left ; ylt @Judges:16:30 @and Samson saith , 'Let me die with the Philistines ,' and he inclineth himself powerfully , and the house falleth on the princes , and on all the people who [are ] in it , and the dead whom he hath put to death in his death are more than those whom he put to death in his life . ylt @Judges:16:31 @And his brethren come down , and all the house of his father , and lift him up , and bring him up , and bury him between Zorah and Eshtaol , in the burying-place of Manoah his father ; and he hath judged Israel twenty years . ylt @Judges:17:1 @And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim , and his name [is ] Micah ,

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