Judges 16:9

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while those lying in wait stayed with her in the room. And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Shimshon!” But he broke the cords as a strand of yarn breaks when it touches fire. So the secret of his strength remained unknown.

Cross References

Psalm 58:9

Before your pots feel the thorns, Whether green or ablaze, He sweeps them away.

Judges 15:14

When he came to Leḥi, the Philistines came shouting to meet him. And the Spirit of יהוה came mightily upon him. And the ropes that were on his arms became like flax that is burned with fire, and his bonds broke loose from his hands.

Judges 16:10

And Delilah said to Shimshon, “Look, you have mocked me and spoken lies to me. Now, please reveal to me by what you might be bound.”

Judges 16:7

And Shimshon said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh cords, not yet dried, then I shall be weak, and be like any other man.”

Judges 16:8

The princes of the Philistines then brought her seven fresh cords, not yet dried, and she bound him with them,