Delilah
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Judges 16:4 names her: afterward Samson loved “a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.” At 16:5 the lords of the Philistines come up to her and say that they will each give her eleven hundred pieces of silver if she entices him and sees in which his great strength lies. At 16:6–14 she asks Samson three times how he might be bound; she binds him with seven green cords and then with new ropes, and after he speaks of the seven locks of his head woven with the fabric on the loom, she fastens it with the pin, each time saying, “The Philistines are on you, Samson!” He breaks the cords and the ropes, and plucks away the pin of the beam and the fabric. At 16:15–18, when she presses him daily with her words, he tells her all his heart, and she calls for the lords of the Philistines. 16:19 says, “She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.”
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- JDG 16:4–5, engwebp
4It came to pass afterward that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
5The lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”
- JDG 16:6–9, engwebp
6Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and what you might be bound to afflict you.”
7Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.”
8Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
9Now she had an ambush waiting in the inner room. She said to him, “The Philistines are on you, Samson!” He broke the cords as a flax thread is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.
- JDG 16:10–12, engwebp
10Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies. Now please tell me how you might be bound.”
11He said to her, “If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then I will become weak, and be as another man.”
12So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them, then said to him, “The Philistines are on you, Samson!” The ambush was waiting in the inner room. He broke them off his arms like a thread.
- JDG 16:13–14, engwebp
13Delilah said to Samson, “Until now, you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what you might be bound.” He said to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with the fabric on the loom.”
14She fastened it with the pin, and said to him, “The Philistines are on you, Samson!” He awakened out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of the beam and the fabric.
- JDG 16:15–17, engwebp
15She said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies.”
16When she pressed him daily with her words and urged him, his soul was troubled to death.
17He told her all his heart and said to her, “No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me and I will become weak, and be like any other man.”
- JDG 16:18–22, engwebp
18When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, “Come up this once, for he has told me all his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought the money in their hand.
19She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
20She said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” He awoke out of his sleep, and said, “I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free.” But he didn’t know that the LORD had departed from him.
21The Philistines laid hold on him and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he ground at the mill in the prison.
22However, the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.
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Took part in (6) — The lords of the Philistines tell Delilah, whom Samson loves, to entice him, Delilah binds Samson with seven green cords, Delilah binds Samson with new ropes, Delilah and the seven locks of Samson’s head on the loom, Samson tells Delilah all his heart, After the seven locks of his head are shaved, the Philistines lay hold on Samson and bring him down to Gaza
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It came to pass afterward that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and what you might be bound to afflict you.”
Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies. Now please tell me how you might be bound.”
So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them, then said to him, “The Philistines are on you, Samson!” The ambush was waiting in the inner room. He broke them off his arms like a thread.
Delilah said to Samson, “Until now, you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what you might be bound.” He said to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with the fabric on the loom.”
When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, “Come up this once, for he has told me all his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought the money in their hand.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Delilah (person-delilah) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/delilah Current wording: Judges 16:4 names her: afterward Samson loved “a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.” At 16:5 the lords of the Philistines come up to her and say that they will each give her eleven hundred pieces of silver if she entices him and sees in which his great strength lies. At 16:6–14 she asks Samson three times how he might be bound; she binds him with seven green cords and then with new ropes, and after he speaks of the seven locks of his head woven with the fabric on the loom, she fastens it with the pin, each time saying, “The Philistines are on you, Samson!” He breaks the cords and the ropes, and plucks away the pin of the beam and the fabric. At 16:15–18, when she presses him daily with her words, he tells her all his heart, and she calls for the lords of the Philistines. 16:19 says, “She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.” Cited evidence: JDG 16:4–5, engwebp / JDG 16:6–9, engwebp / JDG 16:10–12, engwebp / JDG 16:13–14, engwebp / JDG 16:15–17, engwebp / JDG 16:18–22, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.