Judges 16:14-31

Judges 16:14-31

[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;  [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  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  [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  [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.  [22] Howbeit the hair  of his head  began  to grow again  after  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  [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  house;  and he made them  sport:  and they set  him between the pillars.  [26] And Samson  said  unto the lad  that held  him by the hand,  Suffer  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.  [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  at his death  were more  than they which he slew  in his life.  [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.