Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her. 1 Jos 15:47Gen 38:16-18Ezr 9:1-2Gen 10:19 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him. 2 Psa 118:10-121Sa 23:26Act 9:241Sa 19:112Co 11:32-33Act 23:15Jdg 15:18Mat 21:38 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron. 3 Act 2:24Psa 107:16Isa 63:1-5Mic 2:13
¶ And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 4 Pro 22:141Co 10:6Pro 23:271Ki 11:1Neh 13:26Pro 26:11Pro 27:22 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. 5 Jdg 14:15Jos 13:31Ti 6:9-101Co 6:15-181Sa 29:6Gen 33:16Jdg 17:2Jdg 3:3
¶ And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. Mic 7:2Psa 12:2Jer 9:2-5Mic 7:5Pro 22:14Pro 26:28Pro 6:26Pro 7:21 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. 6 7 Col 3:9Gal 6:7Pro 12:191Sa 19:171Sa 21:2-31Sa 27:10Jdg 16:10Pro 17:7 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. 8 Ecc 7:26 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. 9 Psa 58:9 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. Ezk 33:31Jdg 16:13Luk 22:48Pro 24:28Jdg 16:15-17Jdg 16:7Pro 23:7-8 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. 10 Eph 4:25Pro 13:3Pro 29:25Jdg 15:13Pro 13:5 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. 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. Ezr 9:13-14Psa 106:43
¶ 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. Jdg 14:161Jn 2:15-16Jhn 15:10Pro 23:262Co 5:14-15Jhn 14:15Pro 5:3-14Sng 8:6-7 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; 11 Pro 7:21-23Luk 18:5Job 21:4Jon 4:9Luk 11:8Mrk 14:24Pro 7:26-27 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 mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. Mic 7:5Jdg 13:5Pro 12:23Num 6:5Act 18:18Num 6:2Pro 29:12
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. 1Ti 6:10Mat 26:15Jdg 16:5Jer 9:4-61Ki 21:20Eph 5:5Num 22:7Pro 18:8 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. Pro 7:26-27Ecc 7:26Pro 7:21-23Pro 23:33-34 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. Num 14:42-431Sa 16:141Sa 18:122Ch 15:2Isa 59:1-2Jos 7:121Sa 28:14-162Co 3:5
¶ But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. 12 Pro 2:19Pro 14:14Exo 11:5Isa 47:2Mat 24:412Ch 33:112Ki 25:7Pro 5:22
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. 13 Lev 26:44Psa 106:44-45Psa 107:13-14Deu 32:36 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. Pro 24:171Sa 5:2-51Ch 10:101Co 8:4-5Jer 2:11Job 30:9-10Mic 4:5Psa 35:15-16 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us. 14 Dan 5:41Sa 31:9Rev 11:101Ch 10:9Dan 5:23Deu 32:27Ezk 20:14Hab 1:16 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars. 15 2Sa 13:28Heb 11:36Jdg 19:6Jdg 9:27Psa 35:15-161Ki 20:12Dan 5:2-3Est 3:15 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them. Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. Deu 22:82Sa 11:2Jos 2:8Jdg 9:51 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. Jer 15:15Lam 3:31-32Psa 143:12Psa 91:15Rev 6:10Psa 50:15Psa 58:10-112Ti 4:14 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. 16 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. 17 Mat 16:25Php 2:81Th 5:2Act 21:13Mat 24:38-39Php 2:17Act 20:24Col 2:15 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. Jdg 15:20Jdg 13:2Jdg 13:25Jhn 19:39-42Jos 19:41