It came to pass afterward, that he fell in love with a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me where your great strength lies, and how you can be bound and subdued."

Delilah said to Samson, "Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies: now please tell me with which you might be bound."

So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him, "The Philistines are on you, Samson." The ambush was waiting in the inner room. He broke them off his arms like a thread.

Delilah said to Samson, "Until now, you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what you might be bound." He said to her, "If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web."

When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, "Come up this once, for he has told me all his heart." Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought the money in their hand.