[sunny bonobo]

I’m not much on the Bible, but I don’t think Delilah was Philistine. Otherwise why did the Philistines have to bribe her to find out Samson’s weakness.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I’m not much on the Bible, but I don’t think Delilah was Philistine. Otherwise why did the Philistines have to bribe her to find out Samson’s weakness.

Because she was a hooker and he was a steady customer who might have even been persuaded to offer marriage.

[Verginius Rufus]

I just looked at Judges 16. It doesn't say directly but in my opinion the story makes more sense if she was a Philistine woman. She is identified as a woman from the valley of Sorek.

Samson's earlier wife was a Philistine woman from Timnath--her name is never given.

In the Septuagint, "Timnath" is Thamnatha and Delilah's name is given as Dalila or Dalida.