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14 So she got him to fall asleep, wove the seven braids of his hair into the fabric on a loom,[a] and pulled it tight with a pin. Then she called out to him, “Samson, the Philistines are on you!” He woke up from his sleep and pulled loose the pin, the loom, and the fabric.

15 Delilah said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when you won’t trust me? Three times now you’ve made a fool out of me and not told me what gives you such great strength!” 16 She nagged him with her words day after day and begged him until he became worn out to the point of death.

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  1. Judges 16:14 LXX; MT lacks so she got him… on a loom.

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