Judges 16:3-5
EasyEnglish Bible
3 But Samson only stayed with the woman until the middle of the night. Then he got up and he went to leave through the city gate. He took hold of its doors and the two posts that held them. He pulled them all down together, with the metal bar that locked them. He carried them all in one piece on his shoulders. He left them at the top of the hill near Hebron.
Samson and Delilah
4 Some time later, Samson met a woman who was called Delilah. She lived in Sorek valley. Samson loved her. 5 The rulers of the Philistines went to visit Delilah. They said to her, ‘Do something clever to discover what makes Samson so strong. We want to find a way to take hold of him and tie him up. If you do that, we will each give you 1,100 pieces of silver.’
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Judges 16:3-5
New International Version
3 But Samson lay there only until the middle of the night. Then he got up and took hold of the doors of the city gate, together with the two posts, and tore them loose, bar and all. He lifted them to his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.(A)
4 Some time later, he fell in love(B) with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah.(C) 5 The rulers of the Philistines(D) went to her and said, “See if you can lure(E) him into showing you the secret of his great strength(F) and how we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels[a] of silver.”(G)
Footnotes
- Judges 16:5 That is, about 28 pounds or about 13 kilograms
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