Men lying privately in wait with her, and in the chamber, expecting the event of the thing, and she cried out to him: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he broke the bands, as a man would break a thread of tow twined with spittle, when it smelleth the fire: so it was not known wherein his strength lay.
וְהָאֹרֵ֗ב יֹשֵׁ֥ב לָהּ֙ בַּחֶ֔דֶר וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥ים עָלֶ֖יךָ שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן וַיְנַתֵּק֙ אֶת־הַיְתָרִ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יִנָּתֵ֤ק פְּתִֽיל־הַנְּעֹ֙רֶת֙ בַּהֲרִיח֣וֹ אֵ֔שׁ וְלֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖ע כֹּחֽוֹ׃
2 Church Fathers comment on this verse
He was constrained with shackles of iron; his wife said to him, 'The enemy forces are upon Samson,' and again Scripture states, 'And the Spirit of the Lord descended upon Samson, and the chains fell away like a thread of wax in the presence of fire.’ The Scriptures never reveal a remarkable act without first highlighting the action of the Spirit.
Upon hearing this from Delilah, the Philistines captured Samson while he was asleep, binding him with cords woven from vines. However, when they abruptly awakened him, they realized that his inherent strength had not diminished. He shattered his bindings, and his liberated spirit conquered and defeated numerous adversaries.
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