“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 […]

“After this, he fell in love with a woman who lived in the Sorek Valley, whose name was D’lilah.”-Judges 16:4 So we’re told that Samson fell head over heels for a woman named Delilah who lived in an area called the Sorek Valley. Interestingly, this place wasn’t far from the village of Timnah where Samson’s […]

“After this, he fell in love with a woman who lived in the Sorek Valley, whose name was D’lilah.”-Judges 16:4 It’s interesting that without exception every recorded event about Samson has to do with this love/hate relationship with the gentile world. He loved gentile women (Philistines) but he hated the gentiles (Philistines) as a whole.  It kind […]