16:1 Samson
went
to
Gaza,
and
there
he
saw
a
prostitute,
and
he
went
in
to
her.
16:2 The
Gazites
were
told,
"Samson
has
come
here."
And
they
surrounded
the
place
and
set
an
ambush
for
him
all
night
at
the
gate
of
the
city.
They
kept
quiet
all
night,
saying,
"Let
us
wait
till
the
light
of
the
morning;
then
we
will
kill
him."
16:3 But
Samson
lay
till
midnight,
and
at
midnight
he
arose
and
took
hold
of
the
doors
of
the
gate
of
the
city
and
the
two
posts,
and
pulled
them
up,
bar
and
all,
and
put
them
on
his
shoulders
and
carried
them
to
the
top
of
the
hill
that
is
in
front
of
Hebron.
16:4 After
this
he
loved
a
woman
in
the
Valley
of
Sorek,
whose
name
was
Delilah.
16:5 And
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
came
up
to
her
and
said
to
her,
"Seduce
him,
and
see
where
his
great
strength
lies,
and
by
what
means
we
may
overpower
him,
that
we
may
bind
him
to
humble
him.
And
we
will
each
give
you
1,100
pieces
of
silver."
16:6 So
Delilah
said
to
Samson,
"Please
tell
me
where
your
great
strength
lies,
and
how
you
might
be
bound,
that
one
could
subdue
you."
16:7 Samson
said
to
her,
"If
they
bind
me
with
seven
fresh
bowstrings
that
have
not
been
dried,
then
I
shall
become
weak
and
be
like
any
other
man."
16:8 Then
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
brought
up
to
her
seven
fresh
bowstrings
that
had
not
been
dried,
and
she
bound
him
with
them.
16:9 Now
she
had
men
lying
in
ambush
in
an
inner
chamber.
And
she
said
to
him,
"The
Philistines
are
upon
you,
Samson!"
But
he
snapped
the
bowstrings,
as
a
thread
of
flax
snaps
when
it
touches
the
fire.
So
the
secret
of
his
strength
was
not
known.
16:10 Then
Delilah
said
to
Samson,
"Behold,
you
have
mocked
me
and
told
me
lies.
Please
tell
me
how
you
might
be
bound."
16:11 And
he
said
to
her,
"If
they
bind
me
with
new
ropes
that
have
not
been
used,
then
I
shall
become
weak
and
be
like
any
other
man."
16:12 So
Delilah
took
new
ropes
and
bound
him
with
them
and
said
to
him,
"The
Philistines
are
upon
you,
Samson!"
And
the
men
lying
in
ambush
were
in
an
inner
chamber.
But
he
snapped
the
ropes
off
his
arms
like
a
thread.
16:13 Then
Delilah
said
to
Samson,
"Until
now
you
have
mocked
me
and
told
me
lies.
Tell
me
how
you
might
be
bound."
And
he
said
to
her,
"If
you
weave
the
seven
locks
of
my
head
with
the
web
and
fasten
it
tight
with
the
pin,
then
I
shall
become
weak
and
be
like
any
other
man."
16:14 So
while
he
slept,
Delilah
took
the
seven
locks
of
his
head
and
wove
them
into
the
web.
And
she
made
them
tight
with
the
pin
and
said
to
him,
"The
Philistines
are
upon
you,
Samson!"
But
he
awoke
from
his
sleep
and
pulled
away
the
pin,
the
loom,
and
the
web.
16:15 And
she
said
to
him,
"How
can
you
say,
'I
love
you,'
when
your
heart
is
not
with
me
You
have
mocked
me
these
three
times,
and
you
have
not
told
me
where
your
great
strength
lies."
16:16 And
when
she
pressed
him
hard
with
her
words
day
after
day,
and
urged
him,
his
soul
was
vexed
to
death.
16:17 And
he
told
her
all
his
heart,
and
said
to
her,
"A
razor
has
never
come
upon
my
head,
for
I
have
been
a
Nazirite
to
God
from
my
mother's
womb.
If
my
head
is
shaved,
then
my
strength
will
leave
me,
and
I
shall
become
weak
and
be
like
any
other
man."
16:18 When
Delilah
saw
that
he
had
told
her
all
his
heart,
she
sent
and
called
the
lords
of
the
Philistines,
saying,
"Come
up
again,
for
he
has
told
me
all
his
heart."
Then
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
came
up
to
her
and
brought
the
money
in
their
hands.
16:19 She
made
him
sleep
on
her
knees.
And
she
called
a
man
and
had
him
shave
off
the
seven
locks
of
his
head.
Then
she
began
to
torment
him,
and
his
strength
left
him.
16:20 And
she
said,
"The
Philistines
are
upon
you,
Samson!"
And
he
awoke
from
his
sleep
and
said,
"I
will
go
out
as
at
other
times
and
shake
myself
free."
But
he
did
not
know
that
the
LORD
had
left
him.
16:21 And
the
Philistines
seized
him
and
gouged
out
his
eyes
and
brought
him
down
to
Gaza
and
bound
him
with
bronze
shackles.
And
he
ground
at
the
mill
in
the
prison.
16:22 But
the
hair
of
his
head
began
to
grow
again
after
it
had
been
shaved.
16:23 Now
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
gathered
to
offer
a
great
sacrifice
to
Dagon
their
god
and
to
rejoice,
and
they
said,
"Our
god
has
given
Samson
our
enemy
into
our
hand."
16:24 And
when
the
people
saw
him,
they
praised
their
god.
For
they
said,
"Our
god
has
given
our
enemy
into
our
hand,
the
ravager
of
our
country,
who
has
killed
many
of
us."
16:25 And
when
their
hearts
were
merry,
they
said,
"Call
Samson,
that
he
may
entertain
us."
So
they
called
Samson
out
of
the
prison,
and
he
entertained
them.
They
made
him
stand
between
the
pillars.
16:26 And
Samson
said
to
the
young
man
who
held
him
by
the
hand,
"Let
me
feel
the
pillars
on
which
the
house
rests,
that
I
may
lean
against
them."
16:27 Now
the
house
was
full
of
men
and
women.
All
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
were
there,
and
on
the
roof
there
were
about
3,000
men
and
women,
who
looked
on
while
Samson
entertained.
16:28 Then
Samson
called
to
the
LORD
and
said,
"O
Lord
GOD,
please
remember
me
and
please
strengthen
me
only
this
once,
O
God,
that
I
may
be
avenged
on
the
Philistines
for
my
two
eyes."
16:29 And
Samson
grasped
the
two
middle
pillars
on
which
the
house
rested,
and
he
leaned
his
weight
against
them,
his
right
hand
on
the
one
and
his
left
hand
on
the
other.
16:30 And
Samson
said,
"Let
me
die
with
the
Philistines."
Then
he
bowed
with
all
his
strength,
and
the
house
fell
upon
the
lords
and
upon
all
the
people
who
were
in
it.
So
the
dead
whom
he
killed
at
his
death
were
more
than
those
whom
he
had
killed
during
his
life.
16:31 Then
his
brothers
and
all
his
family
came
down
and
took
him
and
brought
him
up
and
buried
him
between
Zorah
and
Eshtaol
in
the
tomb
of
Manoah
his
father.
He
had
judged
Israel
twenty
years.