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It came to pass afterward ,
that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek ,
whose name was Delilah .
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The lords of the Philistines came up to her ,
and said to her , "
Entice him ,
and see in which his great strength lies ,
and by what means we may prevail against him ,
that we may bind him to afflict him ;
and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver ."
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Delilah said to Samson , "
Please tell me where your great strength lies ,
and what you might be bound to afflict you ."
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Samson said to her , "
If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried ,
then shall I become weak ,
and be as another man ."
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Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried ,
and she bound him with them .
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Now she had an ambush waiting in the inner room .
She said to him , "
The Philistines are on you ,
Samson !"
He broke the cords ,
as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire .
So his strength was not known .
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Delilah said to Samson , "
Behold ,
you have mocked me ,
and told me lies :
now please tell me with which you might be bound ."
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He said to her , "
If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done ,
then shall I become weak ,
and be as another man ."
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So Delilah took new ropes ,
and bound him therewith ,
and said to him , "
The Philistines are on you ,
Samson !"
The ambush was waiting in the inner room .
He broke them off his arms like a thread .
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Delilah said to Samson , "
Until now ,
you have mocked me and told me lies .
Tell me with what you might be bound ."
He said to her , "
If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web ."
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She fastened it with the pin ,
and said to him , "
The Philistines are on you ,
Samson !"
He awakened out of his sleep ,
and plucked away the pin of the beam ,
and the web .
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She said to him , "
How can you say , '
I love you ,'
when your heart is not with me ?
You have mocked me these three times ,
and have not told me where your great strength lies ."
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It happened ,
when she pressed him daily with her words ,
and urged him ,
that his soul was troubled to death .
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He told her all his heart ,
and said to her , "
No razor has ever come on my head ;
for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother '
s womb .
If I am shaved ,
then my strength will go from me ,
and I will become weak ,
and be like any other man ."
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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 brought the money in their hand .
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She made him sleep on 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 .
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She said , "
The Philistines are upon you ,
Samson !"
He awoke out of his sleep ,
and said , "
I will go out as at other times ,
and shake myself free ."
But he didn '
t know that Yahweh had departed from him .
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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 ground at the mill in the prison .