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After this, Samson fell in love with a woman in the valley of Sorek; she was called Delilah. (Judges 16, 4)
So Delilah asked Samson, "Tell me, please, where do you get such strength and how can others tie you up to subdue you?" (Judges 16, 6)
The Philistine chiefs sent seven new bowstrings that had not been dried to Delilah, and she tied Samson with them. (Judges 16, 8)
Then Delilah said to Samson, "You made a fool of me, and you lied to me. Tell me, how can they subdue you?" (Judges 16, 10)
So Delilah bound him with seven newly-braided ropes. But when she shouted, "Here come the Philistines!" he again snapped the ropes round his arms like thread. (Judges 16, 12)
So Delilah said to him, "How long will you deceive me and lie to me? Tell me how they can subdue you." He answered her, "If you braid the seven locks of my hair in the warp of the loom and tighten it with a pin, then I shall lose my strength." (Judges 16, 13)
She lulled him to sleep, and then braided the seven locks of his hair in the warp of the loom and tightened it with a pin. Then she cried, "Here come the Philistines!" Samson woke up and pulled the warp with the locks of his hair. And so, Delilah did not find out where his great strength came from. (Judges 16, 14)
Then Delilah said to him, "You say that you love me, but your heart is not with me. Three times, you have deceived me and have not told me from whence your great strength comes." (Judges 16, 15)
And as Delilah insisted and bothered him day after day with her questions, the time came when Samson felt he would die in disgust. (Judges 16, 16)
Delilah understood that he had told her the truth this time, so she called the Philistine chiefs and said, "Come, because Samson has revealed his secret to me." They took the money and came to her. (Judges 16, 18)
Delilah lulled Samson to sleep upon her knees and called a man to cut the seven locks of his hair. And she could immediately subdue him for his strength had left him. (Judges 16, 19)
When Delilah shouted "Samson, the Philistines!" he awoke and thought that he could still save himself as on other occasions. But he did not know that Yahweh was no longer with him. (Judges 16, 20)