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CHAPTER 16
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
2
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.
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And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, 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.
4
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name
was
Delilah.
5
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.
6
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.
9
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.
12
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.
13
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.
14
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.
15
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.
16
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.
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