6. And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, what gives thee thy great strength and how might thou be bound to afflict thee.
7. And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green wicker strands that were never dried, then I shall become weak and be as any other man.
8. Then the cardinals of the Philistines brought up to her seven green wicker strands which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
9. Now there were men lying in wait in a chamber of her house. And she said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he broke the wicker strands as a thread of tow is broken when it touches the fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.