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Then went[H3212]Samson[H8123] to Gaza[H5804], and saw[H7200] there an harlot[H802], and went[H3212]in[H935] unto her.
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And it was told the Gazites[H5841], saying[H559], Samson[H8123] is come[H935] hither. And they compassed him in[H5437], and laid wait[H693] for him all night[H3915]in[H5437] the gate[H8179] of the city[H5892], and were quiet[H2790] all the night[H3915], saying[H559], In[H5437] the morning[H1242], when it is day[H216], we shall kill[H2026] him.
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And Samson[H8123]lay[H7901] till midnight[H2677], and arose[H6965] at midnight[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[H1280] and all, and put[H7760] them upon his shoulders[H3802], and carried them up[H5927] to the top[H7218] of an hill[H2022] that is before[H6440]Hebron[H2275].
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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].
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And the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430] came up[H5927] unto her, and said[H559] unto her, Entice[H6601] him, and see[H7200] wherein his great[H1419]strength[H3581] lieth, and by what means we may prevail[H3201] against him, that we may bind[H631] him to afflict[H6031] him: and we will give[H5414] thee every one[H376] of us eleven hundred[H505] pieces of silver[H3701].
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And Delilah[H1807]said[H559] to Samson[H8123], Tell[H5046] me, I pray thee, wherein thy great[H1419]strength[H3581] lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound[H631] to afflict[H6031] thee.
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And Samson[H8123]said[H559] unto her, If they bind[H631] me with seven[H7651]green[H3892]withs[H3499] that were never dried[H2717], then shall I be weak[H2470], and be as another[H259]man[H120].
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Then the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430] brought up[H5927] to her seven[H7651]green[H3892]withs[H3499] which had not been dried[H2717], and she bound[H631] him with them.
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Now there were men lying in wait[H693], abiding[H3427] with her in the chamber[H2315]. And she said[H559] unto him, The Philistines[H6430] be upon thee, Samson[H8123]. And he brake[H5423] the withs[H3499], as a thread[H6616] of tow[H5296] is broken[H5423] when it toucheth[H7306] the fire[H784]. So his strength[H3581] was not known[H3045].
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And Delilah[H1807]said[H559] unto Samson[H8123], Behold, thou hast mocked[H2048] me, and told[H1696] me lies[H3577]: now tell[H5046] me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound[H631].
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And he said[H559] unto her, If they bind[H631] me fast[H631] with new[H2319]ropes[H5688] that never were occupied[H4399], then shall I be weak[H2470], and be as another[H259]man[H120].
12Delilah[H1807] therefore took[H3947]new[H2319]ropes[H5688], and bound[H631] him therewith, and said[H559] unto him, The Philistines[H6430] be upon thee, Samson[H8123]. And there were liers in wait[H693]abiding[H3427] in the chamber[H2315]. And he brake[H5423] them from off his arms[H2220] like a thread[H2339].
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And Delilah[H1807]said[H559] unto Samson[H8123], Hitherto[H2008] thou hast mocked[H2048] me, and told[H1696] me lies[H3577]: tell[H5046] me wherewith thou mightest be bound[H631]. And he said[H559] unto her, If thou weavest[H707] the seven[H7651]locks[H4253] of my head[H7218] with the web[H4545].
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And she fastened[H8628] it with the pin[H3489], and said[H559] unto him, The Philistines[H6430] be upon thee, Samson[H8123]. And he awaked[H3364] out of his sleep[H8142], and went away[H5265] with the pin[H3489] of the beam[H708], and with the web[H4545].
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And she said[H559] unto him, How[H349] canst thou say[H559], I love[H157] thee, when thine heart[H3820] is not with me? thou hast mocked[H2048] me these three[H7969]times[H6471], and hast not told[H5046] me wherein thy great[H1419]strength[H3581] lieth.
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And it came to pass, when she pressed[H6693] him daily[H3117] with her words[H1697], and urged[H509] him, so that his soul[H5315] was vexed[H7114] unto death[H4191];
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That he told[H5046] her all his heart[H3820], and said[H559] unto her, There hath not come[H5927] a razor[H4177] upon mine head[H7218]; for I have been a Nazarite[H5139] unto God[H430] from my mother's womb[H990]: if I be shaven[H1548], then my strength[H3581] will go[H5493] from me, and I shall become weak[H2470], and be like any other man[H120].
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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 shewed[H5046] me all his heart[H3820]. Then the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430] came up[H5927] unto her, and brought[H5927]money[H3701] in their hand[H3027].
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And she made him sleep[H3462] upon her knees[H1290]; and she called[H7121] for a man[H376], and she caused him to shave off[H1548] the seven[H7651]locks[H4253] of his head[H7218]; and she began[H2490] to afflict[H6031] him, and his strength[H3581]went[H5493] from him.
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And she said[H559], The Philistines[H6430] be upon thee, Samson[H8123]. And he awoke[H3364]out[H3318] of his sleep[H8142], and said[H559], I will go out[H3318] as at other times before[H6471], and shake[H5287] myself. And he wist[H3045] not that the LORD[H3068] was departed[H5493] from him.
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But the Philistines[H6430]took[H270] him, and put out[H5365] his eyes[H5869], and brought him down[H3381] to Gaza[H5804], and bound[H631] him with fetters of brass[H5178]; and he did grind[H2912] in the prison[H631]house[H1004].
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Howbeit the hair[H8181] of his head[H7218]began[H2490] to grow again[H6779]after[H834] he was shaven[H1548].
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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]Samson[H8123] our enemy[H341] into our hand[H3027].
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And when the people[H5971]saw[H7200] him, they praised[H1984] their god[H430]: for they said[H559], Our god[H430] hath delivered[H5414] into our hands[H3027] our enemy[H341], and the destroyer[H2717] of our country[H776], which slew[H2491]many[H7235] of us.
25
And it came to pass, when 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[H631]house[H1004]; and he made them[H6440]sport[H6711]: and they set[H5975] him between the pillars[H5982].
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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]standeth[H3559], that I may lean[H8172] upon them.
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Now the house[H1004] was full[H4390] of men[H582] and women[H802]; and all the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430] were there; and there were upon 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 the LORD[H3068], and said[H559], O Lord[H136]GOD[H3069], remember[H2142] me, I pray thee, and strengthen[H2388] me, I pray thee, only this once[H6471], 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]stood[H3559], and on 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 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. So the dead[H4191] which he slew[H4191] at his death[H4194] were more[H7227] than they which he slew[H4191] in his life[H2416].
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Then his brethren[H251] and all the house[H1004] of his father[H1] came down[H3381], and took[H5375] him, and brought him up[H5927], and buried[H6912] him between Zorah[H6881] and Eshtaol[H847] in the buryingplace[H6913] of Manoah[H4495] his father[H1]. And he judged[H8199]Israel[H3478]twenty[H6242]years[H8141].