21 And when the Philistines had seized him, they immediately plucked out his eyes. And they led him, bound in chains, to Gaza. And enclosing him in a prison, they made him work a millstone.
22 And now his hair began to grow back.
23 And the leaders of the Philistines convened as one, so that they might offer great sacrifices to Dagon, their god. And they feasted, saying, 'Our god has delivered our enemy, Samson, into our hands.'
24 Then, too, the people, seeing this, praised their god, and they said the same, 'Our god has delivered our adversary into our hands: the one who destroyed our land and who killed very many.'
25 And rejoicing in their celebration, having now taken food, they instructed that Samson be called, and that he be mocked before them. And having been brought from prison, he was mocked before them. And they caused him to stand between two pillars.
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