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* Then went Samson to Gaza , and saw there an harlot #H2181 , and went in unto her . * 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 . * And Samson lay till midnight chetsiy #, and arose at midnight chetsiy #, 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 . * 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 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 #H3967pieces of silver . * And Delilah said to Samson , Tell me , I pray thee , wherein thy great strength lieth , and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee . * 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 . * Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried , and she bound him with them . * 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 . * 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 . * And he said unto her , If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied #H6213 , then shall I be weak , and be as another man . * 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 . * 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 . * And she fastened it with the pin , and said unto him , The Philistinesbe upon thee , Samson . And he awaked out of his sleep , and went away with the pin of the beam , and with the web . * 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 pa #am #, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth . * And it came to pass , when she pressed him daily with her words , and urged him , so that his soul was vexed unto death ; * That he told her all his heart , and said unto her , There hath not come a razor upon mine head ro #sh #; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mothers womb : if I be shaven , then my strength will go from me , and I shall become weak , and be like any other man . * 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 pa #am #, for he hath shewed me all his heart . Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her , and brought money in their hand . * 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 ro #sh #; and she began to afflict him , and his strength went from him . * 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 pa #am #, and shake myself . And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him . * 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 . * Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven . * Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god , and to rejoice : for they said , Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand . * And when the people saw him , they praised their god : for they said , Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy , and the destroyer of our country , which slew many of us . * And it came to pass , when their hearts were merry , that they said , Call for Samson , that he may make us sport . And they called for Samson out of the prison house ; and he made them sport : and they set him between the pillars . * And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand , Suffer me that I may feel (8675 ) the pillars whereupon the house standeth , that I may lean upon them . * Now the house was full of men and women ; and all the lords of the Philistines were there ; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women , that beheld while Samson made sport . * And Samson called unto the LORD , and said , O Lord GOD , remember me , I pray thee , and strengthen me , I pray thee , only this once pa #am #, O God , that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes . * And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood , and on which it was borne up , of the one with his right hand , and of the other with his left s @mo #wl #. * And Samson said , Let me die with the Philistines . And he bowed himself with all his might ; and the house fell upon the lords , and upon all the people that were therein . So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life . * Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down , and took him , and brought him up , and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol #Eshta #ol # in the buryingplace of Manoah his father . And he judged Israel twenty years .

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