Judges 16:6 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

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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✦ MADE SIMPLE

So Delilah said to Samson, 'Please tell me where your great strength comes from, and what could be used to tie you up and overpower you.'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Delilah is trying to trick Samson into revealing the secret of his incredible strength so she can help his enemies capture him.

📚 Historical Context

In the book of Judges, Samson was a judge of Israel chosen by God and given extraordinary strength as a Nazarite, but he struggled with personal weaknesses and attractions to foreign women. Delilah, a Philistine woman from an enemy nation, was bribed by the Philistine rulers to uncover the secret of Samson's strength so they could capture and defeat him. This verse shows her first manipulative attempt to extract that information from him.

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So Delilah took new ropes and tied him up with them. Then she called out, 'Samson, the Philistines are attacking you!' There were men hiding in the room, waiting to capture him. But he snapped the ropes off his arms as easily as breaking a piece of thread.

Judges 16:15

And she said to him, "How can you say you love me when your heart isn't truly with me? You've made fun of me three times now, and you still haven't told me the secret of your incredible strength."

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She made him fall asleep with his head on her lap, then called for a man to come and shave off the seven braids of his hair. As soon as this was done, she began to overpower him, and his strength left him.

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