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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Delilah (Woman living before Israel's Monarchy)
Samson loved her, and the Philistine rulers paid her well to find out where his strength came from. He lied three times and each answer failed. She kept at him until he told her about his uncut Nazirite hair, and she had it shaved while he slept.
Samson loved her, and the Philistine rulers paid her well to find out where his strength came from. He lied three times and each answer failed. She kept at him until he told her about his uncut Nazirite hair, and she had it shaved while he slept.
Delilah was a Philistine woman Samson loved, and Philistine rulers paid her heavily to discover the secret of his strength. She pressed him repeatedly, and after he lied to her three times with false answers that each failed, she wore him down until he finally admitted his strength depended on his uncut Nazirite hair, and she had it shaved off while he slept, delivering him powerless into his enemies' hands.
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