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Judges 16:6-8
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6 So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me why you are so strong. How could someone tie you up and make you helpless?”

7 Samson answered, “Someone would have to tie me up with seven fresh, new bowstrings.[a] If someone did that, I would be as weak as any other man.”

8 Then the rulers of the Philistines brought seven fresh, new bowstrings to Delilah, and she tied Samson with the bowstrings.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 16:7 fresh, new bowstrings Bowstrings were often made from sinew (tendons) which is brittle after it becomes old and dry.
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