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Judges 16:6

Judges 16:6
And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Delilah said to Samson,.... At a proper opportunity, when in his hands and caresses, as Josephus relates (e), and introduced it in an artful manner, admiring his strange exploits, and wondering…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Judges 16:4-17

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

Judges 16:4-31

Samson and Delîlah: his ruin and famous end

4 .the valley of Sorek Now Wâdi eṣ-Ṣarâr, a broad valley narrowing as it rises towards the Judaean highlands; the railway from Jaffa to Jerusalem ascends…