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Sorek
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sorek , in the Bible, valley, SW ancient Palestine, the home of Delilah . It is the modern Nahal Soreg, Israel, which meets the sea NW of Yibna.
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Delilah
Delilah (Dalila in Milton's Samson Agonistes ), in Judg. 16, a woman of the valley of Sorek, loved by Samson; she persuaded him to tell her the secret of his strength and (by cutting off his hair) betrayed him to the Philistines...
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