Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

He did not venture among the Philistines again but continued to
seek those sensuous pleasures that were luring him to ruin. "He
loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek," not far from his birthplace.
Her name was Delilah, "the consumer." Sorek's vineyards were also
tempting to the wavering Nazirite who had already indulged in
wine, thus breaking another tie that bound him to purity and to God.
The Philistines determined to bring about his ruin through Delilah.
They did not dare try to seize him while he possessed his great
strength, but they were determined to learn the secret of his power.
So they bribed Delilah to discover and reveal it.
A Weak Woman Subdues a Strong Man
As the betrayer kept on questioning Samson, he deceived her
by saying that he would be as weak as other men if certain
procedures were tried. When she put the matter to the test, the cheat
was discovered. Then she accused him of falsehood: "How can you
say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have mocked
me these three times, and have not told me where your great
strength lies." Three times Samson had the clearest evidence that the
Philistines had plotted with his charmer to destroy him; but she
treated the matter as a joke, and he blindly dismissed any fear.
Day by day a subtle power kept him by her side. Finally she
overcame him, and Samson told her the secret: "No razor has ever
come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my
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