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. 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. 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. And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with
her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; 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
birth: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall
become weak, and be like any other man. 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. 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.
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.
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