18 And he was fore athirft, and called on the LORD, and faid, Thou haft given this great Deliverance into the Hand of thy Servant and now fhall I die for Thirft, and fall into the Hand of the Uncircumcifed? 19 But GOD clave an hollow Place that was in the Jaw, and there came Water thereout; and when he had drank, his Spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the Name thereof En-hakkore, which is in Lehi, unto this Day. 20 And he judged Ifrael in the Days of the Philiftines twenty Years. CHA P. XVI. 1 Samfon carrieth away the Gates of Gaza. 4 Delilah corrupted by the Philistines, enticeth him, 15 and overcometh him: 21 The Philiftines put out his Eyes: 22 The manner of his Death. Ver. 1 THEN went Samfon to Gaza, and faw there an Ver.1 Harlot, and went in unto her. 2 And it was told the Gazites, faying, Samfon is come hither. And they compaffed him in, and laid wait for him all Night in the Gate of the City, and were quiet all the Night, faying, In the Morning when it is Day, we shall kill him. 3 And Samfon lay till Midnight, and arose at Midnight, and took the Doors of the Gate of the City, and the two Pofts, and went away with them, Bar and all, and put them upon his Shoulders, and carried them up to the Top of an Hill that is before Hebron. 4 And it came to pafs afterward, that he loved a Woman in the Valley of Sorek, whofe Name was Delilah. 5 And the Lords of the Philiftines came up unto her, and faid unto her, Entice him, and fee wherein his great Strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of Silver. 6 And Delilah faid to Samfon, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great Strength lieth, and wherewith thou mighteft be bound to afflict thee. 7 And Samfon faid unto her, If they bind me with seven green Withs that were never dried, then fhall I be weak, and be as another Man. 8 Then the Lords of the Philiftines brought up to her feven green Withs which had not been dried, and the bound him with them. 9 (Now there were Men lying in wait, abiding with her in the Chamber) And fhe faid unto him, The Philiftines be upon thee, Samfon. And he brake the Withs, as a Thread of Tow is broken when it toucheth the Fire: fo his Strength was not known. 10 And Delilah faid unto Samfon, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me Lyes: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. II And he said unto her, If they bind me faft with new Ropes that never were occupied, then fhall I be weak, and be as another Man. 12 Delilah therefore took new Ropes, and bound him therewith, and faid unto him, The Philiftines be upon thee, Samfon. (And there were Liers in wait abiding in the Chamber) And he brake them from off his Arms like a Thread. 13 And Delilah faid unto Samfon, Hitherto thou haft mocked me, and told me Lyes: tell me wherewith thou mighteft be bound. And he faid unto her, If thou weavest the feven Locks of my Head with the Web. 14 And fhe faftned it with a Pin, and faid unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samfon. And he awaked out of his Sleep, and went away with the Pin of the Beam, and with the Web. 15 And the faid unto him, How canft thou fay, I love thee, when thine Heart is not with me? Thou haft mocked me these three times, and haft not told me wherein thy great Strength lieth. 16 And it came to pafs, when the preffed him daily with her Words, and urged him, fo that his Soul was vexed unto Death; 17 That he told her all his Heart, and faid unto her, There hath not come a Razor on mine Head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my Mother's Womb: if I be shaven, then my Strength will go from me, and I fhall become weak, and be like another Man. 18 And when Delilah faw that he had told, her all his Heart, fhe fent and called for the Lords of the Philiftines, faying, Come up this once, for he hath fhewed me all his Heart. Then the Lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought Money in their Hands. 19 And 19 And she made him fleep upon her Knees, and the called for a Man, and fhe caufed him to fhave off the feven Locks of his Head, and fhe began to afflict him, and his Strength went from him. 20 And the faid, The Philistines be upon thee, Samfon. And he awoke out of his Sleep, and faid, I will go out as at other times before, and fhake myself. And he wift not that the LORD was departed from him. 21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his Eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with Fetters of Brafs, and he did grind in the Prifon-house. 22 Howbeit, the Hair of his Head began to grow again, after he was shaven. 23 Then the Lords of the Philiftines gathered them together, for to offer a great Sacrifice unto Dagon their God, and to rejoice for they faid, Our God hath delivered Samfon our Enemy into our Hand. 24 And when the People faw him, they praised their God: for they faid, Our God hath delivered into our Hands our Enemy, and the Deftroyer of our Country, which flew many of us. 25 And it came to pass when their Hearts were merry, that they faid, Call for Samfon, that he may make us Sport. And they called for Samfon out of the Prifon-house; and he made them Sport: and they fet him between the Pillars. 26 And Samfon faid unto the Lad that held him by the Hand, Suffer me that I may feel the Pillars whereupon the House ftandeth, that I may lean upon them. 27 Now the Houfe was full of Men and Women; and all the Lords of the Philiftines were there: and there were upon the Roof about three thousand Men and Women, that beheld while Samfon made Sport. 28 And Samfon called unto the LORD, and faid, O LORD GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and ftrengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O GOD, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two Eyes. 29 And Samfon took hold of the two middle Pillars, upon which the House stood, and on which it was born up, of the one with his Right Hand, and of the other with his Left. 30 And Samfon faid, Let me die with the Philistines: and he bowed himself with all his Might; and the House fell upon the Lords, and upon all the People that were therein: 1 Heb. xi. 34 By FAITH out of Weakness were made STRONG. fo fo the Dead which he flew at his Death, were more than they which he flew in his Life. 31 Then his Brethren, and all the Houfe of his Father, came down and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Efhtaol, in the Burying-place of Manoah his Father: and he judged Ifrael twenty Years. Of the Money that Micah first fole, then restored: His Mother maketh Images, 5 and the Ornaments for them: 7 He hireth a Levite to be his Prieft. 1 The Danites fend five Men to feek out an Inheritance. 3 At the Houfe of Micah they confult with Jonathan, and are encouraged in their way: 7 They fearch Laish, and bring back News of good Hope: 11 Six hundred Men are fent to furprife it: 14 In the way they rob Micah of his Priest and his confecrated Things: 27 They win Laish, and call it Dan: 30 They fet up Idolatry, wherein Jonathan inherited the Priesthood. CHAP. XIX. A Levite goeth to Bethlehem to fetch home his Wife. 16 An old Man entertaineth him at Gibeah. 22 The Gibeatbites abuse his Concubine to Death: 29 He divideth her into twelve Pieces, to fend them to the twelve Tribes. CHAP. XX. 1. The Levite in a General Affembly declareth his Wrong. 8 The Decree of the Affembly. 12 The Benjamites being cited, make Head against the Ifraelites. 18 The Ifraelites in two Battles lofe forty thousand: 26 They deftroy by a Stratagem all the Benjamites except fix hundred. CHAP. XXI. 1 The People bewail the Defolation of Benjamin. S By the Destruction of Jabefb-gilead, they provide them four hundred Wives. 16 They advise them to furprise the Virgins that danced at Shiloh. AN 1 Elimelech driven by Famine into Moab, dieth there. 6 Na omi returning home, 14 Ruth accompanieth her. CHA P. II. 1 Ruth gleaneth in the Fields of Boaz: 4 He taketh knowledge of her, 8 and fheweth her great Favour. CHA P. III. By Naomi's Inftruction, 5 Ruth lieth at Boaz his Feet. 8 Boaz acknowledgeth the Right of a Kinsman. CHA P. IV. Boaz calleth into Judgment the next Kinfman: 6 He refu AN |