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Samson is Imprisoned by the Philistines

21 Then the Philistines grabbed him, gouged out his eyes, brought him down to Gaza, tied him up in bronze chains,[a] and made him grind grain in their prison.[b] 22 But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved off.

23 Some time later, the Philistine officials got together to present a magnificent sacrifice to their god Dagon, and to throw a party, because they were claiming, “Our god has given Samson into our control!”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 16:21 The Heb. lacks chains
  2. Judges 16:21 Lit. in the house of captives