Judges 16:19 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁹And 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.

Judges 16:19 —

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Proverbs 7:26-27
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. …
Proverbs 7:21-23
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. …
Proverbs 23:33-34
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. …
Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 18-21)

We have here the fatal consequences of Samson’s folly in betraying his own strength; he soon paid dearly for it. A whore is a deep ditch; he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein. In that pit Samson sinks. Observe, 1. What care Delilah took to make sure of the money for herself. She now perceived, by the manner of his speaking, that he had told her all his heart, and the lords of the Phi…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 19)

19. she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head--It is uncertain, however, whether the ancient Hebrews cut off the hair to the same extent as Orientals now. The word employed is sometimes the same as that for shearing sheep, and therefore the instrument might be only scissors.