Judges 16:17-19

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^16-17 She nagged at him every day until he couldn’t stand it any longer and finally told her his secret.

“My hair has never been cut,” he confessed, “for I’ve been a Nazirite to God since before my birth. If my hair were cut, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as anyone else.”

¹⁸ Delilah realized that he had finally told her the truth, so she sent for the five Philistine leaders.

“Come just this once more,” she said, “for this time he has told me everything.”

So they brought the money with them. ¹⁹ She lulled him to sleep with his head in her lap, and they brought in a barber and cut off his hair. Delilah began to hit him, but she could see that his strength was leaving him.