Judges 16:21
And the Philistines seize him, and pick out his eyes, and bring him down to Gaza, and bind him with two bronze chains; and he is grinding in the prison-house.
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22And the hair of his head begins to shoot up when he has been shaven,
Cross References
Exodus 11:5and every firstborn in the land of Egypt has died, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who is sitting on his throne, to the firstborn of the maidservant who [is] behind the millstones, and all the firstborn of beasts;
2 Chronicles 33:11and YHWH brings in against them the heads of the host that the king of Asshur has, and they capture Manasseh among the thickets, and bind him with bronze chains, and cause him to go to Babylon.
Psalms 149:8To bind their kings with chains, || And their honored ones with chains of iron,
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities capture the wicked, || And he is holden with the ropes of his sin.
Isaiah 47:2Take millstones, and grind flour, || Remove your veil, draw up the skirt, || Uncover the leg, pass over the floods.
Matthew Henry on Judges 16:19-22
Samson Betrayed. ( b. c. 1120.) 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 showed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. 19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. 20 And she said, The Philistines… Read the whole commentary →