Judges 16:8 meaning and explanation
So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them.
Judges 16:8, Berean Standard Bible
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Samson has told Delilah that seven fresh bowstrings, still damp and not yet dried, would hold him, and the Philistine lords supply them at once. The scene belongs to the cycle of Judges, where Samson's strength is a gift tied to his Nazirite calling, and his riddling answers show a man playing with danger rather than fleeing it.
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