JUDGES 16:16 “And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death.” As a Nazarite, Samson was in covenant with God. His strength was linked to his hair, and it was crucial that no enemy discovered this secret. Delilah sought to…
JUDGES 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 showed me all his heart.’ Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.” Delilah tormented…
JUDGES 16:19 “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.” Samson didn’t fall asleep of his own accord; Delilah caused him to sleep. Positioned…
JUDGES 16:20 “And she said, ‘The Philistines be upon thee, Samson.’ And he awoke out of his sleep and said, ‘I will go out as at other times and shake myself.’ And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.” Under the old covenant, the Holy Spirit was not permanently given to man….
