Judges 16:12

Tree of Life Version

So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” Yet while the ambush was waiting in the inner room, he snapped them from his arms like a thread.

Cross References

Acts 21:33

Then the commander came up, arrested Paul, ordered him to be bound with two chains, and began investigating what he had done.

Judges 15:14

When he arrived at Lehi, the Philistines shouted upon meeting him. But the Ruach Adonai came mightily upon him so that the ropes that were on his arms became like flax burned with fire and his bonds melted off his wrists.

Judges 16:11

He told her, “If they only bind me with new ropes never used for work, then I will be weak and be like any other man.”

Judges 16:13

So Delilah said to Samson, “Up to now you’ve mocked me and told me lies! Tell me how you can be bound!” He told her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web of a loom.”