18 Delilah realized that he had truly confided in her and shared everything, she sent a message to the Philistine leaders telling them, "Come back once more, because this time he’s confided in me and told me everything." So the Philistine leaders returned, bringing with them the money to give to her.
19 Delilah soothed him to sleep on her lap, and then called in someone to shave off the seven braids of hair. She started to torment him but he couldn’t do anything for his strength left him. 20 She shouted out, "Samson, the Philistines are here to get you!"
Samson woke up and thought to himself, "I’ll do like before and shake myself free." But he didn’t know that the Lord had left him.
21 The Philistines grabbed him and gouged out his eyes. Then they took him to Gaza where they imprisoned him in bronze chains. He was made to work grinding grain at the mill in the prison.
22 But his hair began to grow back after it had been shaved off.