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Judges 16:1-6

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Samson's Weakness

1 Now Samson went to 1Gaza and saw a harlot * there, and went in to her.
2 When it was told to the Gazites, saying, "Samson has come here," they 2surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. And they kept silent all night, saying, "Let us wait until the morning light, then we will kill him."
3 Now Samson lay until midnight *, and at midnight * he arose and took hold of the doors of the city gate and the two posts and pulled them up along with the bars; then he put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of the mountain which is opposite * Hebron.
4 After this it came about that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
5 The 3lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, "4Entice him, and see where his great strength lies and how we may overpower him that we may bind him to afflict him. Then we will each give you eleven * hundred pieces of silver."
6 So Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me where your great strength is and how you may be bound to afflict you."
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Judges 16:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 16

In this chapter we have an account of Samson's too great familiarity with two harlots; by the one he was brought into great danger, and narrowly escaped, Jud 16:1-3, and by the other he was betrayed into the hands of the Philistines, having got the secret out of him wherein his great strength lay, Jud 16:4-20 who having him in their hands, put out his eyes, imprisoned him, and in their idol temple made sport of him, Jud 16:21-25, where praying for renewed strength from the Lord, he pulled down the temple, and destroyed multitudes with the loss of his own life, Jud 16:26-31.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 4

  • 1. Joshua 15:47
  • 2. 1 Samuel 23:26; Psalms 118:10-12
  • 3. Joshua 13:3
  • 4. Judges 14:15

Footnotes 2

  • [a] Lit "by what"
  • [b] Lit "by what"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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