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)

⁶ So Delilah^(G) said to Samson, “Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”