15 Then she said to him, "1How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have deceived me thesethreetimes and have not told me where your greatstrength is."
16
It came about when she pressed him daily with her words and urged him, that his soul was annoyed to death.
17
So he told her all that was in his heart and said to her, "A razor has nevercome on my head, for I have been a 2Nazirite to God from my mother'swomb. If I am shaved, then my strength will leave* me and I will becomeweak and be like any other man."
18
When Delilahsaw that he had told her all that was in his heart, she sent and called the lords of the Philistines, saying, "Come up oncemore, for he has told me all that is in his heart." Then the lords of the Philistinescame up to her and brought the money in their hands.
19
She made him sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shaveoff the sevenlocks of his hair. Then she began to afflict him, and his strengthleft him.
20
She said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And he awoke from his sleep and said, "I will go out as at othertimes and shake myself free." But he did not know that 3the LORD had departed from him.
21
Then the Philistinesseized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronzechains, and he was a grinder in the prison*.
22
However, the hair of his headbegan to grow again after it was shavedoff.
23
Now the lords of the Philistinesassembled to offer a greatsacrifice to 4Dagon their god, and to rejoice, for they said, "Our god has givenSamson our enemy into our hands."
24
When the peoplesaw him, 5they praised their god, for they said, "Our god has given our enemy into our hands, Even the destroyer of our country, Who has slainmany of us."
25
It so happened when they were in highspirits, that they said, "Call for Samson, that he may amuse us." So they called for Samson from the prison*, and he entertained* them. And they made him standbetween the pillars.
26
Then Samsonsaid to the boy who was holding his hand, "Let me feel the pillars on which the houserests, that I may leanagainst them."
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Now the house was full of men and women, and all the lords of the Philistines were there. And about 3,000*men and women were on the rooflooking on while Samson was amusing them.