Delilah

Delilah is a woman living before Israel's monarchy. She is named in 6 verses of the Bible, first in Judges 16:4.

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Verses

Judges

• Judges 16:4
  And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
• Judges 16:6
  And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
• Judges 16:10
  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.Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”
• Judges 16:12
  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.So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.
• Judges 16:13
  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.Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”
• Judges 16:18
  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.When Delilah realized that he had revealed to her all that was in his heart, she sent this message to the lords of the Philistines: “Come up once more, for he has revealed to me all that is in his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came to her, bringing the money in their hands.

Notes

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