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So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. The liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. He broke them off his arms like a thread.
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The Dangerous Game
Commentators describe the repetitive nature of this scene. Delilah, driven by greed, tries the same trick again, and Samson, overconfident in his strength, easily breaks the new ropes. This highlights the dangerous game Samson is playing, foolishly believing he is in control while ignoring the escalating peril.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith , &c.] Tried this experiment with him, according to his di…
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…
