1	Then went# Samson to Gaza, and saw# there an harlot# # , and went in# unto her. [harlot: Heb. a woman an harlot]
			2	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. [quiet: Heb. silence]
			3	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. [bar...: Heb. with the bar]
			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]
			5	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. [afflict: or, humble]
			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.
			7	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. [green...: or, new cords: Heb. moist] [another: Heb. one]
			8	Then the lords of the Philistines brought up# to her seven green withs which had not been dried# , and she bound# him with them. [green...: or, new cords: Heb. moist]
			9	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# . [toucheth: Heb. smelleth]
			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# .
			11	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. [that never...: Heb. wherewith work hath not been done]
			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.
			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.
			14	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.
			15	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 .
			16	And it came to pass, when she pressed# him daily with her words, and urged# him, so that his soul was vexed# unto death# ; [vexed: Heb. shortened]
			17	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.
			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.
			19	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.
			20	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.
			21	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. [put out: Heb. bored out]
			22	Howbeit the hair of his head began# to grow again# after he was shaven# . [after...: or, as when he was shaven]
			23	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.
			24	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. [which...: Heb. and who multiplied our slain]
			25	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. [them: Heb. before them]
			26	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.
			27	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# .
			28	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.
			29	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. [on which...: or, he leaned on them]
			30	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. [me: Heb. my soul]
			31	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.