Judges 16:7-9

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁷ Samson answered her, “If anyone ties me up with seven new bowstrings that have not yet been dried,^[a] I will become weak and be like any other man.”

⁸ So the serens of the Philistines brought her seven new bowstrings that had not yet been dried, and she tied him up with them. ⁹ She had men hiding in the room waiting to ambush Samson, and she said to him, “Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he snapped the bowstrings as easily as a flax thread that was scorched when brought near fire. So the source of his strength was not revealed.