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1. Then went[H1980] Samson[H8123] to Gaza,[H5804] and saw[H7200] there[H8033] a harlot,[H802] [H2181] and went in[H935] unto[H413] her.

2. And it was told the Gazites,[H5841] saying,[H559] Samson[H8123] is come[H935] hither.[H2008] And they compassed[H5437] him in, and laid wait[H693] for him all[H3605] night[H3915] in the gate[H8179] of the city,[H5892] and were quiet[H2790] all[H3605] the night,[H3915] saying,[H559] In the morning,[H1242] when[H5704] it is day,[H216] we shall kill[H2026] him.

3. And Samson[H8123] lay[H7901] till[H5704] midnight,[H2677] [H3915] and arose[H6965] at midnight,[H2677] [H3915] and took[H270] the doors[H1817] of the gate[H8179] of the city,[H5892] and the two[H8147] posts,[H4201] and went away[H5265] with them, bar and all,[H5973] [H1280] and put[H7760] them upon[H5921] his shoulders,[H3802] and carried them up[H5927] to[H413] the top[H7218] of a hill[H2022] that[H834] is before[H5921] [H6440] Hebron.[H2275]

4. And it came to pass[H1961] afterward,[H310] [H3651] 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[H413] her, and said[H559] unto her, Entice[H6601] him, and see[H7200] wherein[H4100] his great[H1419] strength[H3581] lieth, and by what[H4100] means we may prevail[H3201] against him, that we may bind[H631] him to afflict[H6031] him: and we[H587] will give[H5414] thee every one[H376] of us eleven hundred[H505] [H3967] pieces of silver.[H3701]

6. And Delilah[H1807] said[H559] to[H413] Samson,[H8123] Tell[H5046] me, I pray thee,[H4994] wherein[H4100] thy great[H1419] strength[H3581] lieth, and wherewith[H4100] thou mightest be bound[H631] to afflict[H6031] thee.

7. And Samson[H8123] said[H559] unto[H413] her, If[H518] they bind[H631] me with seven[H7651] green[H3892] withes[H3499] that[H834] were never[H3808] dried,[H2717] then shall I be weak,[H2470] and be[H1961] 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[H834] had not[H3808] been dried,[H2717] and she bound[H631] him with them.

9. Now there were men lying in wait,[H693] abiding[H3427] with her in the chamber.[H2315] And she said[H559] unto[H413] him, The Philistines[H6430] be upon[H5921] thee, Samson.[H8123] And he broke[H5423] [H853] the withes,[H3499] as[H834] a thread[H6616] of tow[H5296] is broken[H5423] when it toucheth[H7306] the fire.[H784] So his strength[H3581] was not[H3808] known.[H3045]

10. And Delilah[H1807] said[H559] unto[H413] Samson,[H8123] Behold,[H2009] thou hast mocked[H2048] me, and told[H1696] [H413] me lies:[H3577] now[H6258] tell[H5046] me, I pray thee,[H4994] wherewith[H4100] thou mightest be bound.[H631]

11. And he said[H559] unto[H413] her, If[H518] they bind me fast[H631] [H631] with new[H2319] ropes[H5688] that[H834] never[H3808] were occupied,[H6213] [H4399] then shall I be weak,[H2470] and be[H1961] as another[H259] man.[H120]

12. Delilah[H1807] therefore took[H3947] new[H2319] ropes,[H5688] and bound[H631] him therewith, and said[H559] unto[H413] him, The Philistines[H6430] be upon[H5921] thee, Samson.[H8123] And there were liers in wait[H693] abiding[H3427] in the chamber.[H2315] And he broke[H5423] them from off[H4480] [H5921] his arms[H2220] like a thread.[H2339]

13. And Delilah[H1807] said[H559] unto[H413] Samson,[H8123] Hitherto[H5704] [H2008] thou hast mocked[H2048] me, and told[H1696] [H413] me lies:[H3576] tell[H5046] me wherewith[H4100] thou mightest be bound.[H631] And he said[H559] unto[H413] her, If[H518] thou weavest[H707] [H853] the seven[H7651] locks[H4253] of my head[H7218] with[H5973] the web.[H4545]

14. And she fastened[H8628] it with the pin,[H3489] and said[H559] unto[H413] him, The Philistines[H6430] be upon[H5921] thee, Samson.[H8123] And he awaked[H3364] out of his sleep,[H4480] [H8142] and went away[H5265] [H853] with the pin[H3489] of the beam,[H708] and with the web.[H4545]

15. And she said[H559] unto[H413] him, How[H349] canst thou say,[H559] I love[H157] thee, when thine heart[H3820] is not[H369] with[H854] me? thou hast mocked[H2048] me these three[H7969] times,[H6471] and hast not[H3808] told[H5046] me wherein[H4100] thy great[H1419] strength[H3581] lieth.

16. And it came to pass,[H1961] when[H3588] she pressed[H6693] him daily[H3605] [H3117] with her words,[H1697] and urged[H509] him, so that his soul[H5315] was vexed[H7114] unto death;[H4191]

17. That he told[H5046] her[H853] all[H3605] his heart,[H3820] and said[H559] unto her, There hath not[H3808] come[H5927] a razor[H4177] upon[H5921] mine head;[H7218] for[H3588] I[H589] have been a Nazarite[H5139] unto God[H430] from my mother's[H517] womb:[H4480] [H990] if[H518] I be shaven,[H1548] then my strength[H3581] will go[H5493] from[H4480] me, and I shall become weak,[H2470] and be[H1961] like any[H3605] other man.[H120]

18. And when Delilah[H1807] saw[H7200] that[H3588] he had told[H5046] her[H853] all[H3605] 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[H3588] he hath showed[H5046] me[H853] all[H3605] his heart.[H3820] Then the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430] came up[H5927] unto[H413] her, and brought[H5927] money[H3701] in their hand.[H3027]

19. And she made him sleep[H3462] upon[H5921] her knees;[H1290] and she called[H7121] for a man,[H376] and she caused him to shave off[H1548] [H853] the seven[H7651] locks[H4253] of his head;[H7218] and she began[H2490] to afflict[H6031] him, and his strength[H3581] went[H5493] from[H4480] [H5921] him.

20. And she said,[H559] The Philistines[H6430] be upon[H5921] thee, Samson.[H8123] And he awoke[H3364] out of his sleep,[H4480] [H8142] and said,[H559] I will go out[H3318] as at other times before,[H6471] [H6471] and shake myself.[H5287] And he[H1931] knew[H3045] not[H3808] that[H3588] the LORD[H3068] was departed[H5493] from[H4480] [H5921] him.

21. But the Philistines[H6430] took[H270] him, and put out[H5365] [H853] his eyes,[H5869] and brought him down[H3381] [H853] to Gaza,[H5804] and bound[H631] him with fetters of brass;[H5178] and he did[H1961] grind[H2912] in the prison[H615] house.[H1004]

22. Howbeit the hair[H8181] of his head[H7218] began[H2490] to grow again[H6779] after[H834] he was shaven.[H1548]

23. Then the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430] gathered them together[H622] for to offer[H2076] a great[H1419] sacrifice[H2077] unto Dagon[H1712] their god,[H430] and to rejoice:[H8057] for they said,[H559] Our god[H430] hath delivered[H5414] [H853] Samson[H8123] our enemy[H341] into our hand.[H3027]

24. And when the people[H5971] saw[H7200] him, they praised[H1984] [H853] their god:[H430] for[H3588] they said,[H559] Our god[H430] hath delivered[H5414] into our hands[H3027] [H853] our enemy,[H341] and the destroyer[H2717] of our country,[H776] which[H834] slew many[H7235] [H853] [H2491] of us.

25. And it came to pass,[H1961] when[H3588] their hearts[H3820] 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 prison house;[H4480] [H1004] [H615] and he made them sport:[H6711] [H6440] and they set[H5975] him between[H996] the pillars.[H5982]

26. And Samson[H8123] said[H559] unto[H413] the lad[H5288] that held[H2388] him by the hand,[H3027] Suffer[H5117] me that I may feel[H4184] [H853] the pillars[H5982] whereupon[H834] [H5921] the house[H1004] standeth,[H3559] that I may lean[H8172] upon[H5921] them.

27. Now the house[H1004] was full[H4390] of men[H376] and women;[H802] and all[H3605] the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430] were there;[H8033] and there were upon[H5921] the roof[H1406] 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[H413] the LORD,[H3068] and said,[H559] O Lord[H136] GOD,[H3069] remember[H2142] me, I pray thee,[H4994] and strengthen[H2388] me, I pray thee,[H4994] only[H389] this[H2088] once,[H6471] O God,[H430] that I may be at once avenged[H5358] [H5359] [H259] of the Philistines[H4480] [H6430] for my two[H4480] [H8147] eyes.[H5869]

29. And Samson[H8123] took hold[H3943] of[H853] the two[H8147] middle[H8432] pillars[H5982] upon[H5921] which[H834] the house[H1004] stood,[H3559] and on[H5921] which it was borne up,[H5564] of the one[H259] with his right hand,[H3225] and of the other[H259] with his left.[H8040]

30. And Samson[H8123] said,[H559] Let me[H5315] die[H4191] with[H5973] the Philistines.[H6430] And he bowed[H5186] himself with all his might;[H3581] and the house[H1004] fell[H5307] upon[H5921] the lords,[H5633] and upon[H5921] all[H3605] the people[H5971] that[H834] were therein. So the dead[H4191] which[H834] he slew[H4191] at his death[H4194] were[H1961] more[H7227] than they which[H4480] [H834] he slew[H4191] in his life.[H2416]

31. Then his brethren[H251] and all[H3605] the house[H1004] of his father[H1] came down,[H3381] and took[H5375] him, and brought him up,[H5927] and buried[H6912] him between[H996] Zorah[H6881] and Eshtaol[H847] in the burial place[H6913] of Manoah[H4495] his father.[H1] And he[H1931] judged[H8199] [H853] Israel[H3478] twenty[H6242] years.[H8141]