Judges 16:21

But the Pelishtim took him, and gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Azah (Gaza), and bound him with fetters of nechoshet; and he did grind in the prison house.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

In Context

20And she said, The Pelishtim be upon thee, Shimshon. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before and shake myself. And he knew not that Hashem was departed from him.

22Howbeit after he was shaven, the hair of his head began l'tzameach + 16:22 to spring up; Tzemach is Moshiach again.

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Cross References

Exodus 11:5And all the bechor in Eretz Mitzrayim shall die, from the bechor Pharaoh that sitteth upon his kisse, even unto the bechor hashifchah that is behind the millstone; and all the bechor behemah.

2 Chronicles 33:11Therefore Hashem brought upon them the sarei hatzavah of Melech Ashur (Assyria), which captured Menasheh with a hunterʼs hooks, and bound him with bronze shackles, and hauled him off to Babylon.

Psalms 149:8To bind their melachim with chains, 1 and their nobles with shackles of barzel (iron); 1

Proverbs 5:22His own avonot shall entrap the rashah himself, 1 and he shall be held fast by the cords of his chattat. 1

Isaiah 47:2Take the millstones, and grind meal; 1 uncover thy tzammah (hair, tresses), lift up thy shohvel (train, skirt), 1 bare the thigh, pass over the neharot. 1

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 →

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