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Samson's Dangerous Game
Commentators observe that Samson is not being foolish but is playing a dangerous game. His answer is a lie intended to mislead Delilah. By using the number seven, which scholars note is a sacred number, Samson is toying with the truth of his Nazirite vow without revealing it. This shows he is still mentally sharp and aware of the danger, yet he chooses to engage with it rather than flee.
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Charles Ellicott
On Judges 16:7
19th Century
Bishop
Green withs. —The meaning of the words is uncertain. Probably the Septuagint and the Vulgate are right in taking them to mean …
John Gill
On Judges 16:7
17th Century
Pastor
And Samson said to her
In answer to her pressing solicitations:
if they bind me with seven green …
Matthew Henry
On Judges 16:4–17
17th Century
Minister
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…