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Judges · read by L.E. Maxwell
18 verses, in order. Only the verses L.E. read aloud are shown.
Judges 13
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Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.Read from KJV · The Character of Samson
2
Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.Read from KJV · The Character of Samson
4
Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.Read from KJV · The Character of Samson
5
For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines."Read from KJV · The Character of Samson
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And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.Read from KJV · The Character of Samson
Judges 16
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The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, "Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver."Read from KJV · The Character of Samson
6
So Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued."Read from KJV · The Character of Samson
7
Samson told her, "If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man."Read from KJV · The Character of Samson
8
So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them.Read from KJV · The Character of Samson
9
While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, "Samson, the Philistines are here!" But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.Read from KJV · The Character of Samson
10
Then Delilah said to Samson, "You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up."Read from KJV · The Character of Samson
11
He replied, "If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become as weak as any other man."Read from KJV · The Character of Samson
12
So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, "Samson, the Philistines are here!" But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.Read from KJV · The Character of Samson
13
Then Delilah said to Samson, "You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up." He told her, "If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man."Read from KJV · The Character of Samson
14
So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the web. Then she tightened it with a pin and called to him, "Samson, the Philistines are here!" But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin with the loom and the web.Read from KJV · The Character of Samson
15
"How can you say, 'I love you,'" she asked, "when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!"Read from KJV · The Character of Samson
17
Samson told her all that was in his heart: "My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man."Read from KJV · The Character of Samson
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Then she called out, "Samson, the Philistines are here!" When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, "I will escape as I did before and shake myself free." But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.Read from KJV · The Character of Samson