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 .
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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 .
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And Delilah said to Samson ,
Tell me ,
I pray thee ,
wherein thy great strength lieth ,
and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee .
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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 .
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Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried ,
and she bound him with them .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And it came to pass ,
when she pressed him daily with her words ,
and urged him ,
so that his soul was vexed unto death ;
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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 .
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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 shewed me all his heart .
Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her ,
and brought money in their hand .
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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 from him .
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And she said ,
The Philistines be upon thee ,
Samson .
And he awoke out of his sleep ,
and said ,
I will go out as at other times before ,
and shake myself .
And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him .
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But the Philistines took him ,
and put out his eyes ,
and brought him down to Gaza ,
and bound him with fetters of brass ;
and he did grind in the prison house .