Archives for July 2022

“Every day she kept nagging at him and pressing at him, till it bothered him to death, so that he finally told her everything. He said to her, ‘No razor has ever touched my head, because I have been a nazir of God since I was born. If someone shaves me, then my strength will […]

“D’lilah said to Shimshon, ‘Till now you’ve been making fun of me and telling me lies. Tell me what it takes to tie you up.’ He said, ‘If you weave the seven locks of my hair across thread on a loom.’  So she fastened her cloth work in the loom with a pin and wove […]

“D’lilah said to Shimshon, ‘You’re making fun of me, telling me lies. Now, come on, tell me what it takes to tie you up.’  ‘All it takes,’ he answered, ‘is to tie me up with new ropes that haven’t been used. Then I’ll become weak and be like anyone else.’”-Judges 16:10-11 Delilah with dollar signs […]

“D’lilah said to Shimshon, ‘Please tell me what it is that makes you so strong, and how someone could tie you up and subdue you.’  Shimshon replied, ‘If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have never been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.’”-Judges 16:6-7 So the little game […]

“The chiefs of the P’lishtim went up to her and said, ‘Coax him into telling you where his great strength comes from and how we can overcome him, so that we can tie him up and subdue him. If you do, each of us will give you 1,100 pieces of silver.’”-Judges 16:5 If there’s ever […]