17And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
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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;
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; …
And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
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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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-20)We have here an account of Samson’s wedding feast and the occasion it gave him to fall foul upon the Philistines. I. Samson conformed to the custom of the country in making a festival of his nuptial solemnities, which continued seven days, Jdg. 13:10. Though he was a Nazarite, he did not affect, in a thing of this nature, to be singular, but did as the young men used to do upon such occasions. It…
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