Judges 16:18
And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
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Gill's Exposition
And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart,.... Which she perceived by his countenance, and the serious manner in which he expressed himself; and Abarbinel conjectures that he might swear…
We have here the fatal consequences of Samson's folly in betraying his own strength; he soon paid dearly for it. A whore is a deep ditch; he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein. In that…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
he hath told me So the Hebr. marg. (Ḳerç); this is to be preferred to the Hebr. text (Kethîbh) which = RVm.
and brought The verb is probably an insertion; read simply and, i.e. with. The previous verb…
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