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Delilah said to Samson, Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, Please, with which you might be bound.
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Deception Cloaked in Affection
Commentators explain that Delilah's accusation of being "mocked" was a manipulative tactic. She likely presented her previous attempt to trap him as a playful jest and her continued questioning as a sign of "loving curiosity." This shows how temptation can disguise its deadly intent with emotional appeals and feigned affection.
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19th Century
Anglican
Now tell me, please. —Delilah would, of course, tell Samson that the scene had been merely playful jest, and that she had said,
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Delilah said to Samson Not on the same day, but some time after, as Kimchi observes, when an opportunity offered…
Presbyterian
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…
