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Chapter 16
Then
went
Samson
to
Gaza,
and
saw
there
an
harlot,
and
went
in
unto
her.
2
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.
3
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.
4
And
it
came
to
pass
afterward,
that
he
loved
a
woman
in
the
valley
of
Sorek,
whose
name
was
Delilah.
5
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.
6
And
Delilah
said
to
Samson,
Tell
me,
I
pray
thee,
wherein
thy
great
strength
lieth,
and
wherewith
thou
mightest
be
bound
to
afflict
thee.
7
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.
8
Then
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
brought
up
to
her
seven
green
withs
which
had
not
been
dried,
and
she
bound
him
with
them.
9
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.
10
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.
11
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.
12
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.
13
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.
14
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.
15
And
she
said
unto
him,
How
canst
thou
say,
I
love
thee,
when
thine
heart
is
not
with
me?
thou
hast
mocked
me
these
three
times,
and
hast
not
told
me
wherein
thy
great
strength
lieth.
16
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
she
pressed
him
daily
with
her
words,
and
urged
him,
so
that
his
soul
was
vexed
unto
death;
17
That
he
told
her
all
his
heart,
and
said
unto
her,
There
hath
not
come
a
razor
upon
mine
head;
for
I
have
been
a
Nazarite
unto
God
from
my
mother’s
womb:
if
I
be
shaven,
then
my
strength
will
go
from
me,
and
I
shall
become
weak,
and
be
like
any
other
man.
18
And
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
hath
shewed
me
all
his
heart.
Then
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
came
up
unto
her,
and
brought
money
in
their
hand.
19
And
she
made
him
sleep
upon
her
knees;
and
she
called
for
a
man,
and
she
caused
him
to
shave
off
the
seven
locks
of
his
head;
and
she
began
to
afflict
him,
and
his
strength
went
from
him.
20
And
she
said,
The
Philistines
be
upon
thee,
Samson.
And
he
awoke
out
of
his
sleep,
and
said,
I
will
go
out
as
at
other
times
before,
and
shake
myself.
And
he
wist
not
that
the
Lord
was
departed
from
him.
21
But
the
Philistines
took
him,
and
put
out
his
eyes,
and
brought
him
down
to
Gaza,
and
bound
him
with
fetters
of
brass;
and
he
did
grind
in
the
prison
house.
22
Howbeit
the
hair
of
his
head
began
to
grow
again
after
he
was
shaven.
23
Then
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
gathered
them
together
for
to
offer
a
great
sacrifice
unto
Dagon
their
god,
and
to
rejoice:
for
they
said,
Our
god
hath
delivered
Samson
our
enemy
into
our
hand.
24
And
when
the
people
saw
him,
they
praised
their
god:
for
they
said,
Our
god
hath
delivered
into
our
hands
our
enemy,
and
the
destroyer
of
our
country,
which
slew
many
of
us.
25
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
their
hearts
were
merry,
that
they
said,
Call
for
Samson,
that
he
may
make
us
sport.
And
they
called
for
Samson
out
of
the
prison
house;
and
he
made
them
sport:
and
they
set
him
between
the
pillars.
26
And
Samson
said
unto
the
lad
that
held
him
by
the
hand,
Suffer
me
that
I
may
feel
the
pillars
whereupon
the
house
standeth,
that
I
may
lean
upon
them.
27
Now
the
house
was
full
of
men
and
women;
and
all
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
were
there;
and
there
were
upon
the
roof
about
three
thousand
men
and
women,
that
beheld
while
Samson
made
sport.
28
And
Samson
called
unto
the
Lord,
and
said,
O
Lord
God,
remember
me,
I
pray
thee,
and
strengthen
me,
I
pray
thee,
only
this
once,
O
God,
that
I
may
be
at
once
avenged
of
the
Philistines
for
my
two
eyes.
29
And
Samson
took
hold
of
the
two
middle
pillars
upon
which
the
house
stood,
and
on
which
it
was
borne
up,
of
the
one
with
his
right
hand,
and
of
the
other
with
his
left.
30
And
Samson
said,
Let
me
die
with
the
Philistines.
And
he
bowed
himself
with
all
his
might;
and
the
house
fell
upon
the
lords,
and
upon
all
the
people
that
were
therein.
So
the
dead
which
he
slew
at
his
death
were
more
than
they
which
he
slew
in
his
life.
31
Then
his
brethren
and
all
the
house
of
his
father
came
down,
and
took
him,
and
brought
him
up,
and
buried
him
between
Zorah
and
Eshtaol
in
the
buryingplace
of
Manoah
his
father.
And
he
judged
Israel
twenty
years.
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