1 One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her. 2 When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”
Judges 16:1–2
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Judges 14:1–2
1 One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman. 2 So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”
Judges 16:19–21
19 And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him. 20 Then she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When Samson awoke from his sleep, he…
Judges 14:4–6
4 (Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.) 5 Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the v…
Judges 15:1–2
1 Later on, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. “I want to go to my wife in her room,” he said. But her father would not let him enter. 2 “I was sure that you thoroughly hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her…
Judges 16:11–13
11 He replied, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become as weak as any other man.” 12 So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, h…
Judges 15:11–13
11 In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied. 12 But they said to him,…
Judges 19:21–23
21 So he brought him to his house and fed his donkeys. And they washed their feet and ate and drank. 22 While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house,…
Judges 14:19–20
19 Then the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had solved the riddle. And burning with anger, Samson returned to his father’s house, 20 and his…
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