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.
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.
This verse describes the moment when Delilah betrayed Samson by having his hair cut while he slept, causing him to lose the supernatural strength God had given him.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Judges, Samson was a judge of Israel chosen by God to deliver the Israelites from the Philistines, and his uncut hair was a symbol of his Nazirite vow, which gave him supernatural strength. Delilah, a woman from the Philistine region whom Samson trusted, tricked him into revealing the secret of his power as part of a betrayal orchestrated by his enemies. This event highlights the cultural tensions between the Israelites and the Philistines during a time of repeated cycles of oppression and deliverance in Israel's history.
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