Judges:16:4-21

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* And it came to pass afterward , that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek , whose name was Delilah . * And the lords of the Philistines came up to her , and said to her , Entice him , and see in what his great strength lays , and by what means we may prevail against him , that we may bind him to afflict him . And we will give thee every o * And Delilah said to Samson , Tell me , I pray thee , in what thy great strength lays , and with what thou might be bound to afflict thee . * And Samson said to her , If they bind me with seven green withes that were never dried , then I shall become weak , and be as another man . * Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withes which had not been dried , and she bound him with them . * Now she had an ambush abiding in the inner chamber . And she said to him , The Philistines are upon thee , Samson . And he broke the withes , as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire . So his strength was not known . * And Delilah said to Samson , Behold , thou have mocked me , and told me lies . Now tell me , I pray thee , with what thou might be bound . * And he said to her , If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done , then I shall become weak , and be as another man . * So Delilah took new ropes , and bound him with it , and said to him , The Philistines are upon thee , Samson . And the ambushment was abiding in the inner chamber . And he broke them off his arms like a thread . * And Delilah said to Samson , Until now thou have mocked me , and told me lies . Tell me with what thou might be bound . And he said to her , If thou weave the seven locks of my head with the web . * And she fastened it with the pin , and said to him , The Philistines are upon thee , Samson . And he awoke out of his sleep , and plucked away the pin of the beam , and the web . * And she said to him , How can thou say , I love thee , when thy heart is not with me ? Thou have mocked me these three times , and have not told me with what thy great strength lays . * And it came to pass , when she pressed him daily with her words , and urged him , that his soul was vexed to death . * And he told her all his heart , and said to her , There has not come a razor upon my head , for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother 's womb . If I be shaven , then my strength will go from me , and I shall become weak , and be lik * 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 has told me all his heart . Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her , and broug * And she made him sleep upon her knees , and she called for a man , and shaved off the seven locks of his head . And she began to afflict him , and his strength went from him . * And she said , The Philistines are upon thee , Samson . And he awoke out of his sleep , and said , I will go out as at other times , and shake myself free , but he knew not that LORD was departed from him . * And the Philistines laid hold on him , and put out his eyes . And they brought him down to Gaza , and bound him with fetters of brass , and he did grinding in the prison-house .

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