Afterthisit cameabout that he loveda womanin the valleyof Sorek,whose namewas Delilah.
Now KingSolomonlovedmanyforeignwomenalong with the daughterof Pharaoh:Moabite,Ammonite,Edomite,Sidonian,and Hittitewomen,
"Did not Solomonkingof Israelsinregardingthesethings?Yet among the manynationsthere was nokinglikehim, and he was lovedby his God,and Godmadehim kingoverallIsrael;neverthelessthe foreignwomencaused evenhim to sin.
The mouthof an adulteressis a deeppit;He who is cursedof the LORDwill fallinto it.
For a harlotis a deeppitAnd an adulterouswomanis a narrowwell.
Like a dogthat returnsto its vomitIs a foolwho repeatshis folly.
Thoughyou pounda foolin a mortarwith a pestlealongwith crushedgrain,[Yet] his foolishnesswill not departfrom him.
Nowthese thingshappenedas examplesfor us, sothat we would not craveevil thingsas they alsocraved.
Now Samsonlayuntilmidnight,and at midnighthe aroseand tookholdof the doorsof the citygateand the twopostsand pulledthem up alongwith the bars;then he putthem on his shouldersand carriedthem up to the topof the mountainwhichis oppositeHebron.
The lordsof the Philistinescameup to her and saidto her, "Enticehim, and seewherehis greatstrength[lies] and howwe may overpowerhim that we may bindhim to afflicthim. Then we will eachgiveyou elevenhundred[pieces] of silver."
