Verse 13
(3) WEAVING THE LOCKS OF HIS HAIR IN THE LOOM
"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. And she fastened it with the pen, and said unto him, "The Philistines be upon thee, Samson." And he awaked out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin and the beam of the web."
This time, Samson had come nearer to the truth than in the two previous occasions of his lies to Delilah, indicating, perhaps, that he would eventually succumb to her solicitations, backed up by her cajoling, petulance, and pretensions of love for this weak and unfortunate Judge of Israel.
We shall avoid explaining exactly what is meant by this particular episode. We may note only that Samson wore his hair in seven "locks" or "braids," that there was a loom, probably with an unfinished cloth already in it; and apparently Samson's hair was woven into that cloth. We do not understand what is meant by the mention of the "pin." Significantly, Samson was asleep while all this happened. This may indicate either a drunken stupor or the fact that Delilah may have drugged him. We can only marvel at Samson's failure to catch on to what was happening.
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