07:016:002 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson
is come hither.
And
they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night
in
the
gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying,
In
the
morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
07:016:003 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose
at midnight, and took
the
doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and
went
away
with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders,
and
carried them up to the top of an hill that is before
Hebron.
07:016:004 And it came to pass afterward, that he
loved a woman in the
valley
of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
07:016:005 And the lords of the Philistines came up
unto her, and said
unto
her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength
lieth,
and by what means we may prevail against him, that
we
may
bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every
one
of
us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
07:016:006 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I
pray thee, wherein thy
great
strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound
to
afflict
thee.
07:016:007 And Samson said unto her, If they bind
me with seven green
withs
that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be
as
another
man.
07:016:008 Then the lords of the Philistines brought
up to her seven
green
withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with
them.
07:016:009 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding
with her in the
chamber.
And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee,
Samson.
And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken
when
it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not
known.
07:016:010 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou
hast mocked me, and
told
me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou
mightest
be bound.
07:016:011 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast
with new ropes that
never
were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another
man.
07:016:012 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound
him therewith, and
said
unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson.
And there
were
liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake
them
from
off his arms like a thread.
07:016:013 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto
thou hast mocked me,
and
told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest
be bound.
And
he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of
my
head
with the web.
07:016:014 And she fastened it with the pin, and said
unto him, The
Philistines
be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his
sleep,
and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the
web.


