Biblical Person · Old · Conquest & Judges
Delilah
Delilah is known for her role in the downfall of Samson, the judge of Israel, by betraying him to the Philistines after discovering the secret of his strength.
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Where Delilah appears
6 verses across 1 book.
Verses mentioning Delilah
- Judg 16:4 — And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
- Judg 16:6 — And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
- Judg 16:10 — And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
- Judg 16:12 — Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his
- Judg 16:13 — And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
- Judg 16:18 — And 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 hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Phi
The Church Fathers on Delilah
Patristic commentary on the Scriptures that name Delilah.
This having failed, Delilah, as if she had been mocked began with complaints to renew her arts and to require a pledge of his love.
But now his licence transgressed the limits not only of his paternal territory, but of good morals, such as ancient discipline had prescribed, and this brought upon him destruction in the end. For although he had experienced in his first marriage the treachery of a foreign wife, and ought to have avoided it in future, he did not shun…
It is said that Samson, according to the instruction of the Angel, did not permit a razor to come upon his head; but his hair grew, and he became the strongest of men. It was a wondrous thing that with his hair he was strong, and without hair he became weak. Delilah the harlot deceived him: she asked him where his strength lay. Four…
Historic voices touch this life
4 passages from 4 historic works cite verses that mention Delilah.
- Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary · 1 passage
- John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · 1 passage
- Keil and Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament · 1 passage
- Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary · 1 passage