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18 When Delilah realized that he had told her everything, she sent a message to the Philistine rulers, |Come here once more.| (She did this because Samson had told her everything.) So the Philistine rulers arrived with the money in their hands. 19 Delilah put Samson to sleep on her lap. She called for a man to shave off his seven braids. Then she began to torture him because his strength had left him. 20 She said, |Samson, the Philistines are attacking!| Samson woke up. He thought, |I'll get out of this as usual and shake myself free.| (He didn't realize that the LORD had left him.) 21 The Philistines grabbed him. They poked out his eyes and took him to the prison in Gaza. They tied him up with double chains and made him grind grain in the mill there. Judges 16:18-21, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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