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abiit quoque in Gazam et vidit ibi meretricem mulieremingressusque est ad eam

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quod cum audissent Philisthim et percrebruisset apud eosintrasse urbem Samson circumdederunt eum positis in portacivitatis custodibus et ibi tota nocte cum silentiopraestolantes ut facto mane exeuntem occiderent

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dormivit autem Samson usque ad noctis medium et indeconsurgens adprehendit ambas portae fores cum postibus suis etsera inpositasque umeris portavit ad verticem montis quirespicit Hebron

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post haec amavit mulierem quae habitabat in valle Sorech etvocabatur Dalila

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veneruntque ad eam principes Philisthinorum atque dixeruntdecipe eum et disce ab illo in quo tantam habeat fortitudinemet quomodo eum superare valeamus et vinctum adfligere quod sifeceris dabimus tibi singuli mille centum argenteos

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locuta est ergo Dalila ad Samson dic mihi obsecro in quosit tua maxima fortitudo et quid sit quo ligatus erumperenequeas

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cui respondit Samson si septem nervicis funibus necdumsiccis et adhuc humentibus ligatus fuero infirmus ero ut ceterihomines

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adtuleruntque ad eam satrapae Philisthinorum septem funesut dixerat quibus vinxit eum

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latentibus apud se insidiis et in cubiculo finem reiexpectantibus clamavitque ad eum Philisthim super te Samson quirupit vincula quomodo si rumpat quis filum de stuppae tortumputamine cum odorem ignis acceperit et non est cognitum in quoesset fortitudo eius

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dixitque ad eum Dalila ecce inlusisti mihi et falsumlocutus es saltim nunc indica quo ligari debeas

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cui ille respondit si ligatus fuero novis funibus quinumquam fuerunt in opere infirmus ero et aliorum hominumsimilis

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quibus rursum Dalila vinxit eum et clamavit Philisthimsuper te Samson in cubiculo insidiis praeparatis qui ita rupitvincula quasi fila telarum

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dixitque Dalila rursum ad eum usquequo decipis me etfalsum loqueris ostende quo vinciri debeas si inquit septemcrines capitis mei cum licio plexueris et clavum hiscircumligatum terrae fixeris infirmus ero

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quod cum fecisset Dalila dixit ad eum Philisthim super teSamson qui consurgens de somno extraxit clavum cum crinibus etlicio

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dixitque ad eum Dalila quomodo dicis quod ames me cumanimus tuus non sit mecum per tres vices mentitus es mihi etnoluisti dicere in quo sit tua maxima fortitudo

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cumque molesta ei esset et per multos dies iugiteradhereret spatium ad quietem non tribuens defecit anima eius etad mortem usque lassata est

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tunc aperiens veritatem rei dixit ad eam ferrum numquamascendit super caput meum quia nazareus id est consecratus Deosum de utero matris meae si rasum fuerit caput meum recedet ame fortitudo mea et deficiam eroque ut ceteri homines

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videns illa quod confessus ei esset omnem animum suummisit ad principes Philisthinorum atque mandavit ascenditeadhuc semel quia nunc mihi aperuit cor suum qui ascenderuntadsumpta pecunia quam promiserant

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at illa dormire eum fecit super genua sua et in sinu suoreclinare caput vocavitque tonsorem et rasit septem crines eiuset coepit abicere eum et a se repellere statim enim ab eofortitudo discessit

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dixitque Philisthim super te Samson qui de somnoconsurgens dixit in animo suo egrediar sicut ante feci et meexcutiam nesciens quod Dominus recessisset ab eo

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quem cum adprehendissent Philisthim statim eruerunt oculoseius et duxerunt Gazam vinctum catenis et clausum in carceremolere fecerunt

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iamque capilli eius renasci coeperant

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et principes Philisthinorum convenerunt in unum utimmolarent hostias magnificas Dagon deo suo et epularenturdicentes tradidit deus noster inimicum nostrum Samson in manusnostras

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quod etiam populus videns laudabat deum suum eademquedicebat tradidit deus noster in manus nostras adversarium quidelevit terram nostram et occidit plurimos

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laetantesque per convivia sumptis iam epulis praeceperuntut vocaretur Samson et ante eos luderet qui adductus de carcereludebat ante eos feceruntque eum stare inter duas columnas

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qui dixit puero regenti gressus suos dimitte me ut tangamcolumnas quibus omnis inminet domus ut recliner super eas etpaululum requiescam

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domus autem plena erat virorum ac mulierum et erant ibiomnes principes Philisthinorum ac de tecto et solario circitertria milia utriusque sexus spectabant ludentem Samson

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at ille invocato Domino ait Domine Deus memento mei etredde nunc mihi pristinam fortitudinem Deus meus ut ulciscar mede hostibus meis et pro amissione duorum luminum unam ultionemrecipiam

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et adprehendens ambas columnas quibus innitebatur domusalteramque earum dextera et alteram leva tenens

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ait moriatur anima mea cum Philisthim concussisquefortiter columnis cecidit domus super omnes principes etceteram multitudinem quae ibi erat multoque plures interfecitmoriens quam ante vivus occiderat

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descendentes autem fratres eius et universa cognatiotulerunt corpus eius et sepelierunt inter Saraa et Esthaol insepulchro patris Manue iudicavitque Israhel viginti annis

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016:001
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.

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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.

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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.

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And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

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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.

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And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.

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And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withes that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

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Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

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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 withes, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

016:015
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.

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And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;

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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.

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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 showed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.

016:023
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.

016:024
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.

016:025
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.

016:026
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.

016:027
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.

016:028
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.

016:029
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.

016:030
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.

016:031
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.

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