Judges 16:5 meaning and explanation
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.”
Judges 16:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Samson has fallen in love with Delilah, a woman in the Valley of Sorek, and the Philistine rulers see her as a way to reach him. These lords are the five city rulers of the Philistines, Israel's oppressors in this period.
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