And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
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Interpretation
Samson had been more than once brought into mischief and danger by the love of women, yet he would not take warning, but is again taken in the same snare, and this third time is fatal. Licentiousness is one of the things that take away the heart.
Glossary
- Valley of Sorek Place
- Biblical valley. Modern identification: Nahal Sorek.