⁴ Some time later, he fell in love^(A) with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah.^{(B) 5} The rulers of the Philistines^(C) went to her and said, “See if you can lure^(D) him into showing you the secret of his great strength^(E) and how we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels^[a] of silver.”^(F)

¹⁸ When Delilah saw that he had told her everything, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines^(A), “Come back once more; he has told me everything.” So the rulers of the Philistines returned with the silver in their hands.^(B)