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- "Samson once more submitted to lust, becoming infatuated with a scheming woman of the Philistines named Delilah, who lived in the Sorek Valley not far from his place of birth, Zorah. Given promise of reward by the Philistine leaders, Delilah sought to entice Samson to reveal the secret of his strength. He gave her false answers three times, but finally told her the truth regarding his uncut hair. She cut it off while he slept, and the Philistines were able to put out his eyes and make him labor sightless in their prison in Gaza, controlling him at last." (Leon Wood, A Survey of Israel's History, © 1970 Zondervan, p. 227)