The woman who betrayed Samson · Judges
Delilah in the Bible
Paid by the Philistine lords, Delilah asks Samson four times where his strength lies. He lies three times and tells the truth the fourth. The strength was never in the hair; it was in the vow the hair stood for.
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Verses mentioning Delilah
6 occurrences across 6 verses in the King James Version.
- Judges 16:4
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. in: or, by the brook
Read in context - 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.
Read in context - 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.
Read in context - 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.
Read in context - 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.
Read in context - 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.
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