So while he slept, Deli'lah took the seven locks of his head and wove them into the web. And she made them tight with the pin, and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he awoke from his sleep, and pulled away the pin, the loom, and the web.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

And she fastened it with the pin ... - The meaning of the verses seems to be that the seven long braids, in which Samson’s hair was arranged…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

She fastened it with the pin.—Unless the additions of the Vulgate and the Septuagint to the last verse were in the original text, she had …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And she fastened it with the pin
That is, after she had interwoven the locks of his hair into the warp, she fastened…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Samson had been more than once brought into mischief and danger by the love of women, yet he would not take warning, but is again taken in the same…

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