Judges 16:18-20

Expanded Bible

¹⁸ When Delilah saw that he had told her ·everything sincerely [^Lall his heart], she sent a message to the Philistine ·rulers [lords]. She said, “Come back one more time, because he has told me ·everything [^Lall that is in his heart].” So the Philistine rulers came back to Delilah and brought the silver ·with them [^Lin their hands]. ¹⁹ Delilah got Samson to sleep, lying in her lap. Then she called in a man to shave off the seven braids of Samson’s hair. In this way she began to ·make him weak [subdue him; make him vulnerable], and his strength left him.

²⁰ Then she said, “Samson, the Philistines are here!”

He woke up and thought, “I’ll leave as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him.