Judges 16:1
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
2 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.
3 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.
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 her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
Read in contextGenesis 38:16–18
And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
Read in contextEzra 9:1–2
Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
Read in contextGenesis 10:19
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
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