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1
Now Samson
went
to Gaza
and saw
a harlot
there,
and
went
in to her.
2
When it was told to the Gazites,
saying,
"Samson
has come
here,"
they surrounded
the place and lay in wait
for him
all
night
at the gate
of the city.
And they kept silent
all
night
,
saying,
"Let us wait until
the morning
light,
then we will kill
him."
3
Now Samson
lay
until
midnight,
and at midnight
he arose
and took hold
of the doors
of the city
gate
and the two
posts
and pulled
them up along
with the bars;
then he put
them on his shoulders
and carried
them up to the top
of the mountain
which
is opposite
Hebron.
4
After
this
it came
about that he loved
a woman
in the valley
of Sorek,
whose name
was Delilah.
5
The lords
of the Philistines
came
up to her and said
to her, "Entice
him, and see
where
his great
strength
lies and how
we may overpower
him that we may bind
him to afflict
him. Then we will each
give
you eleven
hundred
pieces of silver."
6
So Delilah
said
to Samson,
"Please
tell
me where
your great
strength
is and how
you may be bound
to afflict
you."
7
Samson
said
to her, "If
they bind
me with seven
fresh
cords
that have not been dried,
then I will become weak
and be like any
other man."
8
Then the lords
of the Philistines
brought
up to her seven
fresh
cords
that had not been dried,
and she bound
him with them.
9
Now she had
men lying in wait
in an inner room.
And she said
to him, "The Philistines
are upon you, Samson!"
But he snapped
the cords
as a string
of tow
snaps
when it touches
fire.
So his strength
was not discovered.
10
Then Delilah
said
to Samson,
"Behold,
you have deceived
me and told
me lies;
now
please
tell
me how
you may be bound."
11
He said
to her, "If
they bind
me tightly
with new
ropes
which
have not been used,
then I will become weak
and be like any
other man."
12
So Delilah
took
new
ropes
and bound
him with them and said
to him, "The Philistines
are upon you, Samson!"
For the men were lying in wait
in the inner room.
But he snapped
the
ropes
from his arms
like a thread.
13
Then Delilah
said
to Samson,
"Up to now
you have deceived
me and told
me lies;
tell
me how
you may be bound."
And he
said
to her, "If
you weave
the seven
locks
of my hair
with the web
and fasten
it with a pin,
then I will become weak
and be like any
other man."
14
So while he slept,
Delilah took the seven
locks
of his hair
and wove them into the web
. And she fastened
it with the pin
and said
to him, "The Philistines
are upon you, Samson!"
But he awoke
from his sleep
and pulled
out the pin
of the loom
and the web.
15
Then she said
to him, "How
can you say,
'I love
you,' when your heart
is not with me? You have deceived
me these
three
times
and have not told
me where
your great
strength
is."
16
It came
about when
she pressed
him daily
with her words
and urged
him, that his soul
was annoyed
to death.
17
So he told
her all
that was in his heart
and said
to her, "A razor
has never
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 leave
me and I will be
come
weak
and be like any
other man."
18
When Delilah
saw
that he had told
her all
that was in his heart,
she sent
and called
the lords
of the Philistines
,
saying,
"Come
up once more,
for he has told
me all
that is in his heart."
Then
the lords
of the Philistines
came
up to her and brought
the money
in their hands.
19
She made him sleep
on her knees,
and called
for a man
and had him shave off
the seven
locks
of his hair.
Then she began
to afflict
him, and his strength
left
him.
20
She said,
"The Philistines
are upon you, Samson!"
And he awoke
from his sleep
and said,
"I will go
out as at other
times
and shake myself free."
But he did not know
that the LORD
had departed
from him.
21
Then the Philistines
seized
him and gouged
out his eyes;
and they brought him down
to Gaza
and bound
him with bronze chains,
and he was a grinder
in the prison.
22
However, the hair
of his head
began
to grow
again after
it was shaved off.
23
Now the lords
of the Philistines
assembled
to offer
a great
sacrifice
to Dagon
their god,
and to rejoice,
for they said,
"Our god
has given
Samson
our enemy
into our hands."
24
When the people
saw
him, they praised
their god,
for they said,
"Our god
has given
our enemy
into our hands,
Even the destroyer
of our country,
Who
has slain
many
of us."
25
It so happened
when they were in high
spirits,
that they said,
"Call
for Samson
,
that he may amuse
us." So they called
for Samson
from the prison,
and he entertained
them. And they made him stand
between
the pillars.
26
Then Samson
said
to the boy
who was holding
his hand,
"Let me feel
the pillars
on which
the house
rests,
that I may lean
against
them."
27
Now the house
was full
of
men
and wo
men
,
and all
the lords
of the Philistines
were there.
And about 3,000
men
and wo
men
were on the roof
looking
on while Samson
was amusing
them.
28
Then Samson
called
to the LORD
and said,
"O Lord
GOD,
please
remember
me and
please
strengthen
me just
this
time,
O God,
that I may at once
be avenged
of the Philistines
for my two
eyes."
29
Samson
grasped
the two
middle
pillars
on which
the house
rested,
and braced
himself against
them, the one
with his right hand
and the other
with his left.
30
And Samson
said,
"Let me die
with the Philistines!"
And he bent
with all his might
so that the house
fell
on the lords
and all
the people
who
were in it. So the dead
who
m
he killed
at his death
were more
than
those
who
m
he killed
in his life.
31
Then his brothers
and all
his father's
household
came down,
took
him, brought
him up and buried
him between
Zorah
and Eshtaol
in the tomb
of Manoah
his father.
Thus he had judged
Israel
twenty
years.
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