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Judges 16:9
“Now she had an ambush waiting in the inner room. She said to him, "The Philistines are on you, Samson!" He broke the cords, as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.”
Verse in context — Judges 16
Samson said to her, "If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
Now she had an ambush waiting in the inner room. She said to him, "The Philistines are on you, Samson!" He broke the cords, as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.
Delilah said to Samson, "Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies: now please tell me with which you might be bound.
He said to her, "If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.
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A cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance in Israel’s early history.
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