Judg 16:4-9 | ESV | STEP | After this he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek , whose name was Delilah .

d[See ver. 5 above]

Judges 16:4-9

4 After this he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5 And ^athe lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, ^b“Seduce him, and see where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to ^chumble him. And we will each give you 1,100 pieces of silver.” 6 So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and how you might be bound, that one could ^dsubdue you.”

7 Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, ^ethen I shall become weak and be like any other man.” 8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she bound him with them. 9 Now she had men lying in ambush in an inner chamber. And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he snapped the bowstrings, as a thread of flax snaps when it touches the fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.