⁹ With men hidden in the room,^(A) she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”^(B) But he snapped the bowstrings as easily as a piece of string snaps when it comes close to a flame. So the secret of his strength was not discovered.

¹² So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them. Then, with men hidden in the room, she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”^(A) But he snapped the ropes off his arms as if they were threads.

¹⁴ and^[a] tightened it with the pin.

Again she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”^(A) He awoke from his sleep and pulled up the pin and the loom, with the fabric.