Judges 16:1
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.”
3 But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.
- KJV
- Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
- WEB
- Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her.
- ASV
- And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.
- DARBY
- And Samson went to Gazah, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.
- BLB
- And Samson went to Gaza and saw there a woman, a prostitute, and he went in to her.
- ÅB
- Engang dro Samson til Gasa; der fikk han se en skjøge og gikk inn til henne.
- OTB
- Samson dro til Gaza og så en prostituert der, og han tilbrakte natten med henne.
- B1930
- Engang drog Samson til Gasa; der fikk han se en skjøge og gikk inn til henne.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 15:47
Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.
Read in contextGenesis 38:16–18
Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.
Read in contextEzra 9:1–2
After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
Read in contextGenesis 10:19
and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
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