Judges 16:5
The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”
Note 1,100 shekels is approximately 27.6 pounds or 12.5 kilograms of silver.
And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
Note afflict: or, humble
The lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”
And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the lords
- Judges 3:3; Joshua 13:3; 1 Samuel 29:6
- Entice
- Judges 14:15; Proverbs 2:16–19; Proverbs 5:3–11; Proverbs 6:24–26; Proverbs 7:21–27; 1 Corinthians 6:15–18
- afflict
- or, humble. we will.
- Judges 17:2; Genesis 33:16; Numbers 22:17, 18; Micah 7:3; Matthew 26:15; 1 Timothy 6:9, 10