Judges 16:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
3 And Samson slept till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gates of the city and the two posts, and lifted them away with the bars, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.
4 And after this he loved a woman by the [a]river of Sorek, whose name was Delilah:
5 Unto whom came the princes of the Philistines, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may overcome him, that we may bind him, and punish him, and every one of us shall give thee eleven hundred [b]shekels of silver.
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- Judges 16:4 Or, plain.
- Judges 16:5 Of the value of a shekel, read Gen. 23:15.
Judges 16:3-5
New International Version
3 But Samson lay there only until the middle of the night. Then he got up and took hold of the doors of the city gate, together with the two posts, and tore them loose, bar and all. He lifted them to his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.(A)
4 Some time later, he fell in love(B) with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah.(C) 5 The rulers of the Philistines(D) went to her and said, “See if you can lure(E) him into showing you the secret of his great strength(F) and how we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels[a] of silver.”(G)
Footnotes
- Judges 16:5 That is, about 28 pounds or about 13 kilograms
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