וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּהוּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וַֽיְנַקְּר֖וּ אֶת־עֵינָ֑יו וַיּוֹרִ֨ידוּ אוֹת֜וֹ עַזָּ֗תָה וַיַּאַסְר֙וּהוּ֙ בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם וַיְהִ֥י טוֹחֵ֖ן בְּבֵ֥ית האסירים [הָאֲסוּרִֽים׃]
Die Philister ergriffen ihn und stachen ihm die Augen aus, sie brachten ihn hinab nach Gasa und banden ihn mit ehernen Ketten; er trieb die Mühle im Gefängnisse.
Rashi on Judges
They brought him down to Aza. The location where his ruin began3V.l.4Sotah, 9:b.
Rashi on Judges
He became the miller. With grinding stones—arduous labor. The Rabbis interpret this after their fashion.5According to their interpretation, the Pelishtites brought their wives to the prison to be impregnated by Shimshon, (Sotah, 10:a)