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| Judges 16:1 |
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Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot,
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| Judges 16:2 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:3 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:4 |
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And it came to pass afterward, that he loved
a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. |
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| Judges 16:5 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:6 |
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And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray
thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to
afflict thee. |
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| Judges 16:7 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:8 |
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Then the lords of the Philistines brought up
to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. |
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| Judges 16:9 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:10 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:11 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:12 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:13 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:14 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:15 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:16 |
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And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily
with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; |
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| Judges 16:17 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:18 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:19 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:20 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:21 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:22 |
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Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again
after he was shaven. |
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| Judges 16:23 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:24 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:25 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:26 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:27 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:28 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:29 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:30 |
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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. |
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| Judges 16:31 |
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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. |
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