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Judges 16
SAMSON:
I am Samson. God planned for me to deliver His people from their enemies, the Philistines before I was born. I am very strong. I loved a Philistine woman named Delilah.

DELILAH:
The Philistines didn't like Samson. They told me that if I could find out what made him so strong, then they could tie him up and hurt him. They would give me 1100 pieces of silver, if I would tell them. This is what happened.

Delilah ralking to Samson said
"Please tell me why you are so strong."

SAMSON:
"If they tie me with 7 fresh cords, I'll be weak like any other man."

DELILAH:
The Philistines brought me the 7 cords-I bound him with the cords. I cried with a loud voice "The Philistines are upon you, Samson." But, he broke the cords as if they were strings.

Delilah
"You've tricked me again."

SAMSON:
"If you plait my hair in 7 plaits, I'll be weak."

DELILAH:
I plaited his hair while he was asleep then I yelled, "The Philistines be upon you." But you still had your stringth. You say you love me but you tricked me 3 times. You haven't told me why you are so strong.

SAMSON:
I was aggravated because Delilah was asking me about being strong. I told her that my hair had never been cut. If it were cut I would be weak. I went to sleep and she cut my hair. Again she said, "The Philistines be upon you, Samson." I thought I could just get up as before, but I could not-I was not strong. The Lord was not with me for I had broken my promise to God, I disobeyed. The Philistines were very bad to me. They made me blind and put me in prison. While in prison my hair began to grow back and I became strong again.

One day the Philistines were having a big celebration for their idol god. They had a Philistine boy bring me out of the prison to make fun of me. My strength was back. Many people were there. The house had big pillars, large stone post. I held on to the pillars and pulled them down on all of us. My brothers and my family buried me where my father was buried.

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