¹⁷ So he confided everything to her,^[a] and he said to her, “A razor has never touched^[b] my head, for I am a Nazirite of God^[c] from birth.^[d] If I am shaved my strength will leave me, and I will become weak, like everyone else.

¹⁸ Delilah realized that he had confided in her,^[e] so she sent and called the rulers of the Philistines, saying, “Come up one more time, for he has confided in me.”^[f] And the rulers of the Philistines came up, and they brought the money with them.^{[g] 19} And she put him to sleep on her lap; then she called the men^[h] and shaved off seven locks of his head. Then she began to subdue him,^[i] and his strength went away from him.