n» Samſen is guilty both of the Sin of Lying, though hedreſs up ,,, P. the Lye in ſuch Circumſtances as might make ir moſt probable ; + Heb, and of great Folly in encouraging her Enquiries, which he ſhoulg one of men. at firſt have check'd: bur as he had forſaken God, ſo God had row $9 Gr forſaken him, and deprived him of common Prudence ; otherwiſe ? the frequent repetition and vehement urging of this Queſtion mighr ealtly have raiſed Suſpicion in him.
8 'Then the lords of the Philiſtines brought up to her ſeven green withs, which had not been dried, and jhe bound him with them.
9 ( Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber 0) and ſhe {ſaid unto him, The Philiſtines be upon thee, Samſon. And he brake the withs as a threed of tow is broken, . when it + toucheth + Heb: the fire; ſo his ſtrength was not known. ſmelleths o With her; (i. e- ) In the ſame Houſe, in aChamber : (i.e ) In aſecret Chamber within her call. Nor is it ſtrange thar they did not fall upon him 1n his ſleep: partly, becauſe they feared to awake 2 ſleeping Lion; and partly, becauſe they expe& an opportunity for doing their work more certainly, and with leſs danger.
- 10 And Delilah faid unto Samſon, Behold, thou Ib haſt mocked me, and told me lyes : now tell me, I an pray thee, wherewith thou mighteſt be bound ? work batt
11 And he ſaid unto her, If they bind me faſt with ns 5 new ropes 7 that never were occupied, then ſhall I be ©
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12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound bim therewith, and ſaid unto him, 'The Philiſtines be upon thee, Samſon. ( And there were liers 1n wait abiding in the chamber. ) And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. | ;
12 And Delilah ſaid unto Samſon, Hitherto thou haſt mocked me, and told me lies: cell me where- with thou mighteſt be bound. And he ſaid unto her, Tf thou weaveſt the ſeven locks of my head with the web p. :
p Or, thread which is woven abouta Weavers Loom ; or, with a IWeevers beem., If my Hair, which is all divided into ſeven Locks, be faſtned about a Weavers Beam ; or interwoven with Weavers Threads : underſtand out of the foregoing Verſes ; then I ſhall be weak as another Man. : :
14 And ſhe faſtned it with the pin q, and ſaid unto him, The Philiſtines be upon thee, Samſon. And he awaked out of his ſleep, and went away with the pin
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of the beam, and with the web. : | 4 Having done what Samſon dire&ted, ſhe adds this for ſureneſs ſake, ſhe faſtned the Hair thus woven with a pin.
15 { And ſhe ſaid unto him, How canſt thou ſay, [
love thee, when thine heart # not with me 7? thou haſt mocked me theſe three times, and haft not told me wherein thy great ſtrength /eth ? :
» When thy Love conliſts only in cutward Expreſſion, not 1n AffeStion, and thou wiltſt not open thy Heart to meg as One true Friend dorh to another. ? :
16 And it came to paſs, when ſhe preſſed him daily with her words, and urged him, /o that his foul was t vexed unto death s.
5 Being tormented hy two contrary and violent Paſſions, deſire to gratific her whom he ſo much doted upon, and fezr of betraying himſelf to urmoſt bazards But bing deſerted by God, it 15 no wonder that he chuſeth the worſe part. .
17 That he told herall his heart, and faid unto her, * There hath not come a raſor upon mine head: for 1 have been a Nazarite unto God from my mothers womb: Tf I be ſhaven, then my ſtrength will go fromme7z, and TL ſhall become weak, and be like any ether man.
t Not that his Hair was in it ſelf the S-ator cauſe of his Strength, but becaule it was the chief Condition of that Vow or Covenant, whereby as he ſtood obliged to him, ſn God was pleaſed graciouſly to ingage himſelf to fit him for, and «fſiit him in that great work to which he called hims but upon his violation of his Condition, God juſtly withdraws bis Help, and leaves him to himſelf,
18 And when Delilah faw that he had coid her all his heart «, ſhe ſent and called for the lords of the Phi- liſtines, ſaying, Come up this once, for he hath ſhew- ed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philiſtines came up to her, and brought money in their hand.
# Which it was not hard for her to diſco: er, by the change of his Countenance, and the matter of his Diſcumſe, and ti;e whole car- riage of the Buſineſs. .
19 And ſhe made him ſleep x upon her knees y, and ſhe calledfor a man, and ſhe cauſed him to ſhave off z the ſeven locks of his head, and ſbe began to afflict him -, and his ſtrength went from him #.
x By ſomeſleepy portion, which it is like ſhe gave him upon other Pretences, agreeable enough to his preſent and vitiated inclination. 9 Reſting his head upon her Knees. x With a gentle hard, as if ſhe her {elf had bur been ſporting with him. She did this more ſecurely ; partly, becauſe the had caſt him into a deep ſleep ; ard partly, becauſe if he had diſcovered it before ir was finiſhed, ſhe would have faid, It was only an innocent Intention to rry the ſin- cerity of his AffeCtion to her, and rhe truch of this lat zelarion, which ſhe had fo juſt reaſon ro doubt of, from his frequenr difliinu- lation and lyes. @ (7. e.) To difturb, and awake, and attright him, as by other ways, fo particularly by crying out in a terrible manner, The Philifines are upon thee, as ſhe hd done before, and as
it follows v. 20. 6 Which, as is here implied, ſhe perceived, bes- ! cauſe he could nor now ſhake himſelf as he did before; (+ e )
With equal vigour and might, as is intimated in the next Verſe: or, becauſe ſhe had bound him, though it be not here expreſled, and found him unable to break his Bonds.
20 And ſhe ſaid, The Philiſtines be upon thee Sam- fon. And he awoke out of his ſleep, and ſaid c, I will go out as at other times before, and thake my ſelf d. And he wiſt not ethat the LORD was departed
from him f.
c Within himſelf ; (7. e. ) he purpoſed and attempted ir. d (5. e.) Put forth my Strength tocruſh them, and ro deliver my ſcit. e Be- ing not yet well awake, and not diſtin&'y feeling the loſs of his
air, or not duely conſidering what would follow upon it. f In reſpett of the Strength and help he had formerly given him.
21 C But the Philiſtines took him g, and + put out his eyes h, and brought him down to Gaza 3, and bourid