Delilah

…He challenged the Philistines who had gathered at the wedding feast of the woman he first loved to solve a riddle, but he let the woman know the answer and suffered a bitter defeat. He then fell in love with a prostitute, and finally fell in love with Delilah. He finally let the secret of his superhuman strength be known, and had his hair cut, captured, and his eyes gouged out. However, thanks to the hair that had grown in prison, he regained his superhuman strength, and shook the pillars of the temple of Dagan, causing it to collapse, taking with him the 3,000 people attending the festival and choosing his own death. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…彼は最初に愛した女の家での結婚の宴に集まったペリシテ人になぞ解きを課したが，女に答を洩らして苦杯をなめた。彼は，次に遊女を相手にし，最後にはデリラDelilahを愛して，ついに怪力の秘密を洩らして髪を切られ，捕らわれて目をえぐられた。しかし獄中で伸びた髪のおかげで怪力が戻ったので，ダガン神殿の柱を揺さぶり倒壊させ，祭りの群衆3000人を巻添えにしてみずから死を選んだという。…

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