lesserot - Judges:16:1-22

lesserot@Judges:16:1 @ Then went Samson to Gazzah, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.

lesserot@Judges:16:2 @ And it was told to the Gazzites, saying, Samson is come hither: and they compassed him in, and lay in wait for him all the night in the gate of the city, and held themselves quiet all the night, saying, By the time it is light in the morning will we kill him.

lesserot@Judges:16:3 @ And Samson lay till midnight; but he arose at midnight, and took hold of the doors of the citygate, and the two doorposts, and tore them away with the bolt, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mount that is before Hebron.

lesserot@Judges:16:4 @ And it came to pass after this, that he loved a woman in the valley of Shorek, whose name was Delilah.

lesserot@Judges:16:5 @ And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Persuade him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail over him, that we may bind him to subdue him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.

lesserot@Judges:16:6 @ And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou canst be bound to subdue thee.

lesserot@Judges:16:7 @ And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven moist cords which have not yet been dried, then shall I become weak, and be like any other of mankind.

lesserot@Judges:16:8 @ And the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven moist cords which had not yet been dried, and she bound him with them.

lesserot@Judges:16:9 @ And she had men lying in wait, sitting near her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he tore the cords, as a thread of tow is torn when it toucheth the fire; and his strength was not perceived.

lesserot@Judges:16:10 @ And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast deceived me, and told me lies; now do tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou canst be bound.

lesserot@Judges:16:11 @ And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that have never been used in work, then shall I become weak, and be like any other of mankind.

lesserot@Judges:16:12 @ And Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And the liers in wait were sitting in the chamber. But he tore them from off his arms like a thread.

lesserot@Judges:16:13 @ And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast deceived me, and told me lies; do tell me wherewith thou canst be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

lesserot@Judges:16:14 @ And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awakened out of his sleep, and tore away the pin of the loom, with the web.

lesserot@Judges:16:15 @ And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? these three times hast thou deceived me, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.

lesserot@Judges:16:16 @ And it came to pass, when she worried him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul became impatient to die;

lesserot@Judges:16:17 @ And he told her all his heart, and said unto her, A razor hath not passed over my head; for a Nazarite of God have I been from my mothers womb; if I were shaved, my strength would depart from me, and I should become weak, and be like all other men.

lesserot@Judges: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 told me all his heart. Then came the lords of the Philistines up unto her, and brought the money in their hand.

lesserot@Judges:16:19 @ And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called a man, and caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to subdue him, and his strength departed from him.

lesserot@Judges:16:20 @ And she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and thought, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself free. But he knew not that the Lord had departed from him.

lesserot@Judges:16:21 @ And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gazzah, and bound him with fetters of copper; and he had to grind in the prisonhouse.

lesserot@Judges:16:22 @ But the hair of his head began to grow again after it was shaved off.