21 And the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes and brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles. (A)And he ground at the mill in the prison. 22 But the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.

The Death of Samson

23 Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to (B)Dagon their god and to rejoice, and they said, “Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hand.”

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