Shìshījì 16:8

8 Yúshì Fēilìshì rén de shǒulǐng ná le qī tiaó wèi gān de qīng shéngzi lái , jiāo gĕi fùrén , tā jiù yòng shéngzi kúnbǎng Cānsūn .

Shìshījì 16:8 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 16:8

Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her
To the chamber where she was with Samson, she having acquainted them with what he had told her:

seven green withs, which had not been dried;
just such as he had described and directed to:

and she bound him with them;
taking an opportunity, very likely, when he was asleep, and drunk too, according to Josephus ^F24: the Philistines did not attempt to bind him, supposing that he would not admit them to do it, if aware of them; and they might fear, if asleep, he might awake before they could do it, and fall upon them and destroy them; but as for Delilah, if she had been found at it, she could have excused it as a piece of curiosity, being willing to try whether he told her truth or not.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 8. sect. 11.

Shìshījì 16:8 In-Context

6 Dà lì lā duì Cānsūn shuō , qiú nǐ gàosu wǒ , nǐ yīn hé yǒu zhème dà de lì qì , dāng yòng hé fǎ kúnbǎng kèzhì nǐ .

7 Cānsūn huídá shuō , rén ruò yòng qī tiaó wèi gān de qīng shéngzi kúnbǎng wǒ , wǒ jiù ruǎnfuò xiàng biérén yíyàng .

8 Yúshì Fēilìshì rén de shǒulǐng ná le qī tiaó wèi gān de qīng shéngzi lái , jiāo gĕi fùrén , tā jiù yòng shéngzi kúnbǎng Cānsūn .

9 Yǒu rén yùxiān máifu zaì fùrén de neì shì lǐ . fùrén shuō , Cānsūn nǎ . Fēilìshì rén ná nǐ lái le . Cānsūn jiù zhēng duàn shéngzi , rú zhēng duàn jīng huǒ de má xiàn yìbān . zhèyàng , tā lì qì de gēn yóu rén háishì bù zhīdào .

10 Dà lì là duì Cānsūn shuō , nǐ qī hōng wǒ , xiàng wǒ shuōhuǎng yán . xiànzaì qiú nǐ gàosu wǒ dāng yòng hé fǎ kúnbǎng nǐ .