Judges 16:2
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."
Chapter Outline
1. Samson at Gaza escapes, and carries away the gates of the city
4. Delilah corrupted by the Philistines, entices Samson
6. Thrice she is deceived
15. At last she overcomes him
21. The Philistines take him, and put out his eyes
22. His strength renewing, he pulls down the house upon the Philistines and dies
Timeline
1375 BCMicah's IdolatryJudges 17
1375 BCDanites Settle in Laish, Take Micah's IdolsJudges 18
1375 BCA Levite's Concubine DegradedJudges 19
1375 BCIsraelites Defeat the BenjamitesJudges 20
1375 BCWives for the BenjamitesJudges 21
1374 BCIsraelites Capture Jerusalem, HebronJudges 1
1374 BCIsrael Rebuked and DefeatedJudges 2
1374 BCIsrael's idolatry and Servitude; OthnielJudges 3
1334 BCEglonJudges 3:12
1316 BCEhudJudges 3:15
1235 BCDeborah and BarakJudges 4
1235 BCThe Song of Deborah and BarakJudges 5
1169 BCGideon and the MidianitesJudges 6 - 8
1129 BCAbimelech Conspires to Become KingJudges 9
1126 BCPlot against AbimelechJudges 9:22
1126 BCAbimelech is SlainJudges 9:50
1118 BCTola, JairJudges 10
1097 BCJephthah's Covenant with the GileaditesJudges 11
1090 BCJephthah, Ephraim, Ibzan, Elon, AbdonJudges 12
1090 BCIsrael Oppressed by the PhilistinesJudges 13
1075 BCSamson's Marriage and RiddleJudges 14
1075 BCSamson Burns the Philistine CropsJudges 15
1075 BCSamson and DelilahJudges 16
Judges 16:1
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