16:5a The lords of the Philistines went to her and said,

The rulers of Philistia went to Delilah and said,
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The leaders of the Philistia people went to Delilah and said,

16:5b “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength

“Trick Samson into telling you what makes him so strong.
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“We want to know what makes Samson strong. Try to trick him to tell you his secret

16:5c and how we can overpower him

Find a way for us to get power over him.
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so that we can overpower him.

16:5d to tie him up and subdue him.

Then we can capture him and tie him up.
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Then we can tie him up so he cannot get away.

16:5e Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”

⌊If you do this⌋ each of us will give you one thousand one hundred (1100) pieces of silver.”
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⌊If you find out his secret⌋ we will each give you thirteen (13) kilograms of silver.”

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