Judges 16:8
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
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Gill's Exposition
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her,.... To the chamber where she was with Samson, she having acquainted them with what he had told her:
seven green withs, which had not been dried;…
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
she bound him When he was asleep, as we may infer from Jdg 16:16; Jdg 16:16. What Samson proposed in jest, Delîlah carried out in earnest.