Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
Gaza. Gaza, a city of great antiquity, was situated between Raphia and Askelon, twenty-two miles north of the former, and sixteen south of of the latter, according to the Antonine Itinerary; three miles from the sea, according to Adrian, and thirty-four from Ashdod or Azotus, according to Diodorus Siculus. It was a place of great strength and importance; and successively belonged to the Philistines, Hebrews, Chaldeans, and Persians; which latter defended it for two months against Alexander the great, who finally took and destroyed it. It was afterwards rebuilt, and alternately possessed by the Egyptians, Syrians, and Jews. The present town, which the Arabs call Razza, is situated on an eminence, and is rendered picturesque by the number of fine minarets which rise majestically above the buildings, with beautiful date threes interspersed. It contains upwards of
Genesis 10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you come to Gerar, …
Joshua 15:47 Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her …
an harlot. Heb. a woman an harlot. and went
Genesis 38:16-18 And he turned to her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray you, let …
Ezra 9:1,2 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, …
And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
a compassed
1 Samuel 19:11 Saul also sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to …
1 Samuel 23:26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men …
Psalm 118:10-12 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will …
Acts 9:24 But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates …
2 Corinthians 11:32,33 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the …
quite. Heb. silent. kill him
Judges 15:18 And he was sore thirsty, and called on the LORD, and said, You have …
Matthew 21:38 But when the farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, This …
Matthew 27:1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the …
Acts 23:15 Now therefore you with the council signify to the chief captain that …
And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
the lords
Judges 3:3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and …
Joshua 13:3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even to the borders of Ekron northward, …
1 Samuel 29:6 Then Achish called David, and said to him, Surely, as the LORD lives, …
entice
Judges 14:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's …
Proverbs 2:16-19 To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger which …
Proverbs 5:3-11 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth …
Proverbs 6:24-26 To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue …
Proverbs 7:21-27 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering …
1 Corinthians 6:15-18 Know you not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I …
afflict. or humble. we will
Judges 17:2 And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that …
Genesis 33:16 So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
Numbers 22:17,18 For I will promote you to very great honor, and I will do whatever …
Micah 7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, …
Matthew 26:15 And said to them, What will you give me, and I will deliver him to …
1 Timothy 6:9,10 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and …
And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
if they bind
Judges 16:10 And Delilah said to Samson, Behold, you have mocked me, and told …
1 Samuel 19:17 And Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me so, and sent away …
1 Samuel 21:2,3 And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me …
1 Samuel 27:10 And Achish said, Where have you made a road to day? And David said, …
Proverbs 12:19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue …
Proverbs 17:7 Excellent speech becomes not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Romans 3:8 And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm …
Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows, that …
Colossians 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man …
green withs, or new cords. Heb. moist. another. Heb. one
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
with the web. It is evident that this verse ends abruptly, and does not contain a full sense. Houbigant has particularly noticed this, and corrected the text from the Septuagint; which add after these words, and shall fasten them with the pin in the wall, I shall become weak like other men; and so it was, that when he slept, Dalida took the seven locks of his head, and wove them with the web, etc. This is absolutely necessary to complete the sense; else Delilah would appear to do something she was not ordered to do, and to omit what she was commanded. Dr. Kennicott very judiciously observes, that the omission, for such it appears to be, begins and ends with the same word; and that the same word occurring in different places, is a very common cause of omission in Hebrew manuscripts.
And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
how canst
Judges 14:16 And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, You do but hate me, …
Proverbs 2:16 To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger which …
Proverbs 5:3-14 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth …
when thine
Genesis 29:20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed to him but …
Deuteronomy 6:5 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with …
1 Samuel 15:13,14 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said to him, Blessed be you of …
2 Samuel 16:17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this your kindness to your friend? …
Proverbs 23:26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
Songs 8:6,7 Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm: for love is …
John 14:15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
John 14:21-24 He that has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves …
John 15:10 If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; even as …
2 Corinthians 5:14,15 For the love of Christ constrains us; because we thus judge, that …
1 John 2:15,16 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If …
1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his …
And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
she pressed
Proverbs 7:21-23,26,27 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering …
Luke 11:8 I say to you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend…
Luke 18:5 Yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest by her …
vexed. Heb. shortened
Job 21:4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should …
Jonah 4:9 And God said to Jonah, Do you well to be angry for the gourd? And …
Mark 14:24 And he said to them, This is my blood of the new testament, which …
That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a rasor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
come up
Psalm 62:9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a …
Proverbs 18:8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the …
Jeremiah 9:4-6 Take you heed every one of his neighbor, and trust you not in any …
brought money
Judges 16:5 And the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, …
Numbers 22:7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the …
1 Kings 21:20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, …
Matthew 26:15 And said to them, What will you give me, and I will deliver him to …
Ephesians 5:5 For this you know, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous …
1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted …
And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
I will go
Judges 16:3,9,14 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the …
Deuteronomy 32:3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe you greatness to our God.
Isaiah 42:24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the …
Hosea 7:9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knows it not: yes, gray …
the Lord
Numbers 14:9,42,43 Only rebel not you against the LORD, neither fear you the people …
Joshua 7:12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, …
1 Samuel 16:14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit …
1 Samuel 18:12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and …
1 Samuel 28:14-16 And he said to her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man …
2 Chronicles 15:2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear you me, Asa, and …
Isaiah 59:1,2 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither …
Jeremiah 9:23,24 Thus said the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither …
Matthew 17:16,20 And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him…
2 Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of …
But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
and put out. Heb. and bored out
Proverbs 5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be …
Proverbs 14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a …
Judges 2:19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, …
bound him
2 Kings 25:7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the …
2 Chronicles 33:11 Why the LORD brought on them the captains of the host of the king …
Psalm 107:10-12 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in …
Psalm 149:8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
grind
Exodus 11:5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first …
Isaiah 47:2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover your locks, make bore …
Matthew 24:42 Watch therefore: for you know not what hour your Lord does come.
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
Dagon
1 Samuel 5:2-5 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the …
Jeremiah 2:11 Has a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people …
Micah 4:5 For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we …
Romans 1:23-25 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made …
1 Corinthians 8:4,5 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered …
1 Corinthians 10:20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice …
to rejoice
Job 30:9,10 And now am I their song, yes, I am their byword…
Psalm 35:15,16 But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: …
Proverbs 24:17 Rejoice not when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad …
And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.
praised
Deuteronomy 32:27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries …
Isaiah 37:20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the …
Ezekiel 20:14 But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before …
Daniel 5:4,23 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of …
Habakkuk 1:16 Therefore they sacrifice to their net, and burn incense to their …
Revelation 11:10 And they that dwell on the earth shall rejoice over them, and make …
which slew many of us. Heb. and who multiplies our slain
Judges 15:8,16 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went …
And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
their hearts
Judges 9:27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, …
Judges 18:20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, …
Judges 19:6,9 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for …
2 Samuel 13:28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark you now when …
1 Kings 20:12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was …
Esther 3:15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and …
Isaiah 22:13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating …
Daniel 5:1,3 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, …
Matthew 14:6,7 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced …
them. Heb. before them. sport
Job 30:9,10 And now am I their song, yes, I am their byword…
Psalm 35:15,16 But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: …
Psalm 69:12,26 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of …
Proverbs 24:17,18 Rejoice not when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad …
Micah 7:8-10 Rejoice not against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when …
Matthew 26:67,68 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote …
Matthew 27:29,39-44 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, …
Hebrews 11:36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yes, moreover …
And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.
Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
and there. 'Samson, therefore,' says Dr. Shaw, 'must have been in a court or area below; and consequently the temple will be of the same kind with the ancient, or sacred enclosures, which were only surrounded either in part, or on all sides, with some plain or cloistered buildings. Several palaces, doutwanas, (as the courts of justice are called in those countries) are built in this fashion. On their public festivals and rejoicings, the roofs of these cloisters are crowded with spectators. I have often seen numbers of people diverted in this manner on the roof of the dey's palace at Algiers; which, like many others, has an advanced cloister, over against the gate of the palace, like a long pent-house, supported by one or two contiguous pillars in front, or centre.' the roof
Judges 9:51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all …
Deuteronomy 22:8 When you build a new house, then you shall make a battlement for …
Joshua 2:8 And before they were laid down, she came up to them on the roof;
2 Samuel 11:2 And it came to pass in an evening, that David arose from off his …
And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
called
2 Chronicles 20:12 O our God, will you not judge them? for we have no might against …
Psalm 50:15 And call on me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you …
Psalm 91:15 He shall call on me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in …
Psalm 116:4 Then called I on the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech you, deliver my soul.
Lamentations 3:31,32 For the LORD will not cast off for ever…
Hebrews 11:32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of …
remember me
Psalm 74:18-23 Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O LORD, and that the …
Jonah 2:1,2,7 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God out of the fish's belly…
Jeremiah 15:15 O LORD, you know: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my …
and I may
Judges 5:31 So let all your enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him …
Psalm 58:10,11 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance: he shall …
Psalm 143:12 And of your mercy cut off my enemies, and destroy all them that afflict …
2 Timothy 4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according …
Revelation 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true…
And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
on which it was borne up. or, he leaned on them
And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
me. Heb. my soul. die
Matthew 16:25 For whoever will save his life shall lose it: and whoever will lose …
Acts 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear to …
Acts 21:13 Then Paul answered, What mean you to weep and to break my heart? …
Philippians 2:17,30 Yes, and if I be offered on the sacrifice and service of your faith, …
Hebrews 12:1-4 Why seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, …
and the house
Job 20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite …
Job 31:3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the …
Psalm 62:3 How long will you imagine mischief against a man? you shall be slain …
Ecclesiastes 9:12 For man also knows not his time: as the fishes that are taken in …
Matthew 24:38,39 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and …
1 Thessalonians 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as …
do the dead
Judges 14:19 And the Spirit of the LORD came on him, and he went down to Ashkelon, …
Judges 15:8,15 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went …
Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your …
Philippians 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became …
Colossians 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of …
Hebrews 2:14,15 For as much then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, …
Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
