4. It came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
5. The lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, “Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”
6. Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and what you might be bound to afflict you.”
7. Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.”
8. Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.