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Now she had an ambush waiting in the inner room. She said to him, “The Philistines are on you, Samson!” He broke the cords as a flax thread is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.
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Verse 9. Fire. Prot. “and he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire.” Bible.—Thus he played with her, never suspecting that the enemy was concealed so near. Calmet.
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