“Delilah, persuade the Israelite, Samson, to tell you his source of great strength, so that we can overpower him, tie him up and make him helpless. If you do this, each of us will give you 1,100 pieces of silver,” the Philistine leaders said.
With the opportunity to make more money than she had ever seen, Delilah nagged Samson to tell her his source of strength. Samson knew that his strength came from a relationship with God.
On several occasions, Samson deceptively answered Delilah and each time the Philistines failed in their attempt to overpower Samson. Finally, Samson revealed the nature of his relationship with God and how that relationship could be broken. This time, the Philistines overpowered Samson, gouged out his eyes and forced him to grind grain in a prison. [Bible: Judges 16:1-19]
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