Judges 16:17
That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
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Gill's Exposition
That he told her all his heart,.... All that was in his heart concerning this affair, all that he knew relating to it; he had told her something before, or at least what came nearer to the truth of…
The burnt child dreads the fire; yet Samson, that has more than the strength of a man, in this comes short of the wisdom of a child; for, though he had been more than once brought into the highest…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
all his heart i.e. all that he knew about his supernatural secret, Jdg 13:5-7. The heartin the O.T. is the seat not merely of the affections, but of the mind and will; so in Jdg 16:16; Jdg 16:16.
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