The Philistines approach Delilah and induce her (with 1100 silver coins each) to try to find the secret of Samson's strength.^[3][4] Samson obviously does not want to tell the secret, so at first he teases her, telling her that he can be bound with fresh bowstrings.^[3][4]  She does so while he sleeps, but when he wakes up he snaps the strings.^[3][4]  She persists, and he tells her he can be bound with new ropes. She binds him with new ropes while he sleeps, and he snaps them, too.^[3][4] She asks again, and he says he can be bound if his locks are woven together.^[3][4] She weaves them together, but he undoes them when he wakes.^[3][4] Eventually Samson tells Delilah that he will lose his strength with the loss of his hair.^[2][3][4][5] Delilah calls for a servant to shave Samson's seven locks.^[3][4][5] Since that breaks the Nazarite oath, God leaves him, and Samson is captured by the Philistines.^[1][3][4] They burn out his eyes by holding a hot poker near them.^[4] After being blinded, Samson is brought to Gaza, imprisoned, and put to work grinding grain.^[4] She does so while he sleeps, but when he wakes up he snaps the strings.