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Samson and Delilah

Some time after this, in the Sorek Valley, Samson fell in love with a woman whose name was Delilah. The rulers of the Philistines confronted her and said to her, “Seduce him and find out what gives him such great strength and what we can do to overpower him, so that we can tie him up and make him weak. Then we’ll each pay you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”

So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me what gives you such great strength and how you can be tied up and made weak.”

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Some time later, he fell in love(A) with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah.(B) The rulers of the Philistines(C) went to her and said, “See if you can lure(D) him into showing you the secret of his great strength(E) 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.”(F)

So Delilah(G) said to Samson, “Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 16:5 That is, about 28 pounds or about 13 kilograms