Judges 16:18

Easy To Read Version

Delilah saw that Samson had told her his secret. She sent a message to the rulers of the Philistine people. She said, “Come back again. Samson has told me everything.” So the rulers of the Philistine people came back to Delilah. They brought the money that they had promised to give her.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:20

So Elijah went to Ahab. Ahab saw Elijah and said, “You have found me again. You are always against me.”

Psalm 62:9

People can’t really help.\par You can’t trust them to really help.\par Compared to God,\par they are like nothing,\par like a gentle puff of air!\par

Proverbs 18:8

People always want to hear gossip—it is like good food going down into the stomach.

Numbers 22:7

The leaders of Moab and Midian left. They went to talk to Balaam. They carried with them money to pay him for his service. [282] Then they told him what Balak had said.

Matthew 26:15

Judas said, “I will give you Jesus. What will you pay me for doing this?” The priests gave Judas 30 silver coins.

Ephesians 5:5

You can be sure of this: No person will have a place in the kingdom of Christ and of God if that person does sexual sins, or does evil things, or is a person who always wants more and more for himself. A greedy person like that is serving a false god.

1 Timothy 6:10

The love of money causes all kinds of evil. Some people have left the \{true\} faith (teaching) because they want to get more and more money. But they have caused themselves to be very, very sad.

Judges 16:17

Finally, Samson told Delilah everything. He said, “I have never had my hair cut. I was dedicated to God before I was born. If someone shaved my head, then I would lose my strength. I would become as weak as any other man.”

Judges 16:19

Delilah got Samson to go to sleep while he was lying in her lap. Then she called in a man to shave off the seven braids [121] of Samson’s hair. In this way she made Samson weak. Samson’s strength left him.

Judges 16:5

The rulers of the Philistine people went to Delilah. They said, “We want to know what makes Samson so strong. Try to trick him into telling you his secret. Then we will know how to capture him and tie him up. Then we will be able to control him. If you do this, each one of us will give you 28 pounds [114] of silver.”