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1 # Then went <03212> (8799) Samson <08123> to Gaza <05804>, and saw <07200> (8799) there an harlot <0802> <02181> (8802), and went in <0935> (8799) unto her.
2 And it was told the Gazites <05841>, saying <0559> (8800), Samson <08123> is come <0935> (8804) hither. And they compassed him in <05437> (8799), and laid wait <0693> (8799) for him all night <03915> in the gate <08179> of the city <05892>, and were quiet <02790> (8691) all the night <03915>, saying <0559> (8800), In the morning <01242>, when it is day <0216>, we shall kill <02026> (8804) him.
3 And Samson <08123> lay <07901> (8799) till midnight <02677> <03915>, and arose <06965> (8799) at midnight <02677> <03915>, and took <0270> (8799) the doors <01817> of the gate <08179> of the city <05892> , and the two <08147> posts <04201>, and went away <05265> (8799) with them, bar <01280> and all, and put <07760> (8799) them upon his shoulders <03802>, and carried them up <05927> (8686) to the top <07218> of an hill <02022> that is before <06440> Hebron <02275>.
4 # And it came to pass afterward <0310>, that he loved <0157> (8799) a woman <0802> in the valley <05158> of Sorek <07796>, whose name <08034> was Delilah <01807>.
5 And the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430> came up <05927> (8799) unto her, and said <0559> (8799) unto her, Entice <06601> (8761) him, and see <07200> (8798) wherein his great <01419> strength <03581> lieth, and by what means we may prevail <03201> (8799) against him, that we may bind <0631> (8804) him to afflict <06031> (8763) him: and we will give <05414> (8799) thee every one <0376> of us eleven hundred <0505> <03967> pieces of silver <03701> .
6 And Delilah <01807> said <0559> (8799) to Samson <08123>, Tell <05046> (8685) me, I pray thee, wherein thy great <01419> strength <03581> lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound <0631> (8735) to afflict <06031> (8763) thee.
7 And Samson <08123> said <0559> (8799) unto her, If they bind <0631> (8799) me with seven <07651> green <03892> withs <03499> that were never dried <02717> (8795), then shall I be weak <02470> (8804), and be as another <0259> man <0120>.
8 Then the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430> brought up <05927> (8686) to her seven <07651> green <03892> withs <03499> which had not been dried <02717> (8795), and she bound <0631> (8799) him with them.
9 Now there were men lying in wait <0693> (8802), abiding <03427> (8802) with her in the chamber <02315> . And she said <0559> (8799) unto him, The Philistines <06430> be upon thee, Samson <08123>. And he brake <05423> (8762) the withs <03499>, as a thread <06616> of tow <05296> is broken <05423> (8735) when it toucheth <07306> (8687) the fire <0784>. So his strength <03581> was not known <03045> (8738).
10 And Delilah <01807> said <0559> (8799) unto Samson <08123>, Behold, thou hast mocked <02048> (8765) me, and told <01696> (8762) me lies <03577>: now tell <05046> (8685) me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound <0631> (8735).
11 And he said <0559> (8799) unto her, If they bind <0631> (8799) me fast <0631> (8800) with new <02319> ropes <05688> that never were occupied <04399> <06213> (8738), then shall I be weak <02470> (8804), and be as another <0259> man <0120>.
12 Delilah <01807> therefore took <03947> (8799) new <02319> ropes <05688>, and bound <0631> (8799) him therewith, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, The Philistines <06430> be upon thee, Samson <08123>. And there were liers in wait <0693> (8802) abiding <03427> (8802) in the chamber <02315>. And he brake <05423> (8762) them from off his arms <02220> like a thread <02339>.
13 And Delilah <01807> said <0559> (8799) unto Samson <08123>, Hitherto <02008> thou hast mocked <02048> (8765) me, and told <01696> (8762) me lies <03577>: tell <05046> (8685) me wherewith thou mightest be bound <0631> (8735). And he said <0559> (8799) unto her, If thou weavest <0707> (8799) the seven <07651> locks <04253> of my head <07218> with the web <04545>.
14 And she fastened <08628> (8799) it with the pin <03489>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, The Philistines <06430> be upon thee, Samson <08123>. And he awaked <03364> (8799) out of his sleep <08142>, and went away <05265> (8799) with the pin <03489> of the beam <0708>, and with the web <04545>.
15 And she said <0559> (8799) unto him, How <0349> canst thou say <0559> (8799), I love <0157> (8804) thee, when thine heart <03820> is not with me? thou hast mocked <02048> (8765) me these three <07969> times <06471> , and hast not told <05046> (8689) me wherein thy great <01419> strength <03581> lieth.
16 And it came to pass, when she pressed <06693> (8689) him daily <03117> with her words <01697>, and urged <0509> (8762) him, so that his soul <05315> was vexed <07114> (8799) unto death <04191> (8800);
17 That he told <05046> (8686) her all his heart <03820>, and said <0559> (8799) unto her, There hath not come <05927> (8804) a razor <04177> upon mine head <07218>; for I have been a Nazarite <05139> unto God <0430> from my mother's <0517> womb <0990>: if I be shaven <01548> (8795), then my strength <03581> will go <05493> (8804) from me, and I shall become weak <02470> (8804), and be like any other man <0120>.
18 # And when Delilah <01807> saw <07200> (8799) that he had told <05046> (8689) her all his heart <03820> , she sent <07971> (8799) and called <07121> (8799) for the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430>, saying <0559> (8800), Come up <05927> (8798) this once <06471>, for he hath shewed <05046> (8689) me all his heart <03820> . Then the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430> came up <05927> (8804) unto her, and brought <05927> (8686) money <03701> in their hand <03027>.
19 And she made him sleep <03462> (8762) upon her knees <01290>; and she called <07121> (8799) for a man <0376>, and she caused him to shave off <01548> (8762) the seven <07651> locks <04253> of his head <07218>; and she began <02490> (8686) to afflict <06031> (8763) him, and his strength <03581> went <05493> (8799) from him.
20 And she said <0559> (8799), The Philistines <06430> be upon thee, Samson <08123>. And he awoke <03364> (8799) out of his sleep <08142>, and said <0559> (8799), I will go out <03318> (8799) as at other times before <06471> , and shake <05287> (8735) myself. And he wist <03045> (8804) not that the LORD <03068> was departed <05493> (8804) from him.
21 But the Philistines <06430> took <0270> (8799) him, and put out <05365> (8762) his eyes <05869>, and brought him down <03381> (8686) to Gaza <05804>, and bound <0631> (8799) him with fetters of brass <05178>; and he did grind <02912> (8802) in the prison <0631> (8803) house <01004>.
22 # Howbeit the hair <08181> of his head <07218> began <02490> (8686) to grow again <06779> (8763) after <0834> he was shaven <01548> (8795).
23 Then the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430> gathered them together <0622> (8738) for to offer <02076> (8800) a great <01419> sacrifice <02077> unto Dagon <01712> their god <0430>, and to rejoice <08057>: for they said <0559> (8799), Our god <0430> hath delivered <05414> (8804) Samson <08123> our enemy <0341> (8802) into our hand <03027>.
24 And when the people <05971> saw <07200> (8799) him, they praised <01984> (8762) their god <0430> : for they said <0559> (8804), Our god <0430> hath delivered <05414> (8804) into our hands <03027> our enemy <0341> (8802), and the destroyer <02717> (8688) of our country <0776>, which slew <02491> many <07235> (8689) of us.
25 And it came to pass, when their hearts <03820> were merry <02896>, that they said <0559> (8799), Call <07121> (8798) for Samson <08123>, that he may make us sport <07832> (8762). And they called <07121> (8799) for Samson <08123> out of the prison <0631> (8803) house <01004>; and he made them <06440> sport <06711> (8762): and they set <05975> (8686) him between the pillars <05982>.
26 And Samson <08123> said <0559> (8799) unto the lad <05288> that held <02388> (8688) him by the hand <03027>, Suffer <03240> (8685) me that I may feel <04184> (8685) (8675) <03237> (8685) the pillars <05982> whereupon the house <01004> standeth <03559> (8737), that I may lean <08172> (8735) upon them.
27 Now the house <01004> was full <04390> (8804) of men <0582> and women <0802>; and all the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430> were there; and there were upon the roof <01406> about three <07969> thousand <0505> men <0376> and women <0802>, that beheld <07200> (8802) while Samson <08123> made sport <07832> (8800).
28 And Samson <08123> called <07121> (8799) unto the LORD <03068>, and said <0559> (8799), O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>, remember <02142> (8798) me, I pray thee, and strengthen <02388> (8761) me, I pray thee, only this once <06471>, O God <0430>, that I may be at once <0259> avenged <05358> (8735) <05359> of the Philistines <06430> for my two <08147> eyes <05869>.
29 And Samson <08123> took hold <03943> (8799) of the two <08147> middle <08432> pillars <05982> upon which the house <01004> stood <03559> (8737), and on which it was borne up <05564> (8735), of the one <0259> with his right hand <03225>, and of the other <0259> with his left <08040>.
30 And Samson <08123> said <0559> (8799), Let me die <04191> (8799) <05315> with the Philistines <06430>. And he bowed <05186> (8799) himself with all his might <03581>; and the house <01004> fell <05307> (8799) upon the lords <05633>, and upon all the people <05971> that were therein. So the dead <04191> (8801) which he slew <04191> (8689) at his death <04194> were more <07227> than they which he slew <04191> (8689) in his life <02416>.
31 Then his brethren <0251> and all the house <01004> of his father <01> came down <03381> (8799), and took <05375> (8799) him, and brought him up <05927> (8799), and buried <06912> (8799) him between Zorah <06881> and Eshtaol <0847> in the buryingplace <06913> of Manoah <04495> his father <01>. And he judged <08199> (8804) Israel <03478> twenty <06242> years <08141>.