ASV_Strong : Judges 16
1. And Samson[H8123] went[H3212] to Gaza[H5804], and saw[H7200] there a harlot[H802], and went in unto her[H935].
2. And it was told the Gazites[H5841], saying[H559], Samson[H8123] is come[H935] hither[H5437]. And they compassed him in, and laid wait[H693] for him all night[H3915] in the gate[H8179] of the city[H5892], and were quiet[H2790] all the night[H3915], saying[H559], Let be till morning[H1242] light[H216], then we will kill him[H2026].
3. And Samson[H8123] lay[H7901] till midnight[H2677], and arose[H6965] at midnight[H2677], and laid hold[H270] of the doors[H1817] of the gate[H8179] of the city[H5892], and the two[H8147] posts[H4201], and plucked them up[H1280], bar and all[H7760], and put them upon his shoulders[H3802], and carried[H5265] them up[H5927] to the top[H7218] of the mountain[H2022] that is before[H6440] Hebron[H2275].
4. And it came to pass afterward[H310], that he loved[H157] a woman[H802] in the valley[H5158] of Sorek[H7796], whose name[H8034] was Delilah[H1807].
5. And the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430] came up[H5927] unto her[H559], and said unto her[H6601], Entice him[H7200], and see wherein his great[H1419] strength[H3581] lieth[H3201], and by what means we may prevail against him[H631], that we may bind him to afflict[H6031] him[H5414]: and we will give thee every one[H376] of us eleven hundred[H505] pieces of silver[H3701].
6. And Delilah[H1807] said[H559] to Samson[H8123], Tell[H5046] me[H1419], I pray thee, wherein thy great strength[H3581] lieth[H631], and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee[H6031].
7. And Samson[H8123] said[H559] unto her[H631], If they bind me with seven[H7651] green[H3892] withes[H3499] that were never dried[H2717], then shall I become weak[H2470], and be as another[H259] man[H120].
8. Then the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430] brought up[H5927] to her seven[H7651] green[H3892] withes[H3499] which had not been dried[H2717], and she bound him with them[H631].
9. Now she had liers-in[H693]-wait abiding[H3427] in the inner chamber[H2315]. And she said[H559] unto him[H6430], The Philistines are upon thee[H8123], Samson. And he brake[H5423] the withes[H3499], as a string[H6616] of tow[H5296] is broken[H5423] when it toucheth[H7306] the fire[H784]. So his strength[H3581] was not known[H3045].
10. And Delilah[H1807] said[H559] unto Samson[H8123], Behold[H2048], thou hast mocked me[H1696], and told me lies[H3577]: now tell[H5046] me[H631], I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
11. And he said[H559] unto her[H631], If they only bind me[H631] with new[H2319] ropes[H5688] wherewith no work hath been done[H4399], then shall I become weak[H2470], and be as another[H259] man[H120].
12. So Delilah[H1807] took[H3947] new[H2319] ropes[H5688], and bound[H631] him therewith[H559], and said unto him[H6430], The Philistines are upon thee[H8123], Samson. And the liers-in[H693]-wait were abiding[H3427] in the inner chamber[H2315]. And he brake[H5423] them off his arms[H2220] like a thread[H2339].
13. And Delilah[H1807] said[H559] unto Samson[H8123], Hitherto[H2008] thou hast mocked[H2048] me[H1696], and told me lies[H3577]: tell[H5046] me wherewith thou mightest be bound[H631]. And he said[H559] unto her[H707], If thou weavest the seven[H7651] locks[H4253] of my head[H7218] with the web[H4545].
14. And she fastened[H8628] it with the pin[H3489], and said[H559] unto him[H6430], The Philistines are upon thee[H8123], Samson. And he awaked[H3364] out of his sleep[H8142], and plucked away[H5265] the pin[H3489] of the beam[H708], and the web[H4545].
15. And she said[H559] unto him[H349], How canst thou say[H559], I love[H157] thee[H3820], when thy heart is not with me[H2048]? thou hast mocked me these three[H7969] times[H6471], and hast not told[H5046] me wherein thy great[H1419] strength lieth[H3581].
16. And it came to pass[H6693], when she pressed him daily[H3117] with her words[H1697], and urged[H509] him[H5315], that his soul was vexed[H7114] unto death[H4191].
17. And he told[H5046] her all his heart[H3820], and said[H559] unto her[H5927], There hath not come a razor[H4177] upon my head[H7218]; for I have been a Nazirite[H5139] unto God[H430] from my mother[H517]'s womb[H990]: if I be shaven[H1548], then my strength[H3581] will go[H5493] from me[H2470], and I shall become weak, and be like any other man[H120].
18. And when Delilah[H1807] saw[H7200] that he had told[H5046] her all his heart[H3820], she sent[H7971] and called[H7121] for the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430], saying[H559], Come up[H5927] this once[H6471], for he hath told[H5046] me all his heart[H3820]. Then the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430] came up[H5927] unto her[H5927], and brought the money[H3701] in their hand[H3027].
19. And she made him sleep[H3462] upon her knees[H1290]; and she called[H7121] for a man[H376], and shaved off[H1548] the seven[H7651] locks[H4253] of his head[H7218]; and she began[H2490] to afflict[H6031] him[H3581], and his strength went from him[H5493].
20. And she said[H559], The Philistines[H6430] are upon thee[H8123], Samson. And he awoke[H3364] out of his sleep[H8142], and said[H559], I will go out[H3318] as at other times[H6471], and shake[H5287] myself free[H3045]. But he knew not that Jehovah[H3068] was departed from him[H5493].
21. And the Philistines[H6430] laid[H270] hold on him[H5365], and put out his eyes[H5869]; and they brought him down[H3381] to Gaza[H5804], and bound[H631] him with fetters of brass[H5178]; and he did grind[H2912] in the[H631] prison-house[H1004].
22. Howbeit the hair[H8181] of his head[H7218] began[H2490] to grow again[H6779] after[H834] he was shaven[H1548].
23. And the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430] gathered them together[H622] to offer[H2076] a great[H1419] sacrifice[H2076] unto Dagon[H1712] their god[H430], and to rejoice[H8057]; for they said[H559], Our god[H430] hath delivered[H5414] Samson[H8123] our enemy[H341] into our hand[H3027].
24. And when the people[H5971] saw[H7200] him[H1984], they praised their god[H430]; for they said[H559], Our god[H430] hath delivered[H5414] into our hand[H3027] our enemy[H341], and the destroyer[H2717] of our country[H776], who hath slain[H2491] many of us[H7235].
25. And it came to pass[H3820], when their hearts were merry[H2896], that they said[H559], Call[H7121] for Samson[H8123], that he may make us sport[H7832]. And they called[H7121] for Samson[H8123] out of the[H631] prison-house[H1004]; and he made sport[H6711] before them[H6440]. And they set[H5975] him between the pillars[H5982]:
26. and Samson[H8123] said[H559] unto the lad[H5288] that held[H2388] him by the hand[H3027], Suffer[H3240] me that I may feel[H4184] the pillars[H5982] whereupon the house[H1004] resteth[H3559], that I may lean upon them[H8172].
27. Now the house[H1004] was full[H4390] of men[H582] and women[H802]; and all the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430] were there[H1406]; and there were upon the roof about three[H7969] thousand[H505] men[H376] and women[H802], that beheld[H7200] while Samson[H8123] made sport[H7832].
28. And Samson[H8123] called[H7121] unto Jehovah[H3068], and said[H559], O Lord[H3068] Jehovah[H3068], remember[H2142] me[H2388], I pray thee, and strengthen me[H6471], I pray thee, only this once, O God[H430], that I may be at once[H259] avenged[H5358] of the Philistines[H6430] for my two[H8147] eyes[H5869].
29. And Samson[H8123] took hold[H3943] of the two[H8147] middle[H8432] pillars[H5982] upon which the house[H1004] rested[H3559], [H5564] and leaned upon them[H259], the one with his right hand[H3225], and the other[H259] with his left[H8040].
30. And Samson[H8123] said[H559], Let me die[H4191] with the Philistines[H6430]. And he bowed[H5186] himself with all his might[H3581]; and the house[H1004] fell[H5307] upon the lords[H5633], and upon all the people[H5971] that were therein[H4191]. So the dead that he slew[H4191] at his death[H4194] were more[H7227] than they that he slew[H4191] in his life[H2416].
31. Then his brethren[H251] and all the house[H1004] of his father[H1] came down[H3381], and took[H5375] him[H5927], and brought him up, and buried[H6912] him between Zorah[H6881] and Eshtaol[H847] in the burying-place[H6913] of Manoah[H4495] his father[H1]. And he judged[H8199] Israel[H3478] twenty[H6242] years[H8141].
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