Judges 16:1

Now Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a loose woman and went in to her.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.

In Context

2And it was said to the Gazites, Samson is here. So they went round, watching for him all day at the doorway of the town, but at night they kept quiet, saying, When daylight comes we will put him to death.

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Cross References

Genesis 38:16And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?

Judges 1:18Then Judah took Gaza and its limit, and Ashkelon and its limit, and Ekron and its limit.

Ezra 9:1Now after these things were done, the captains came to me and said, The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not kept themselves separate from the people of the lands, but have taken part in the disgusting ways of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

Matthew Henry on Judges 16:1

Samson's name (we have observed before) signifies a little sun (sol parvus); we have seen this sun rising very bright, and his morning ray strong and clear; and, nothing appearing to the contrary, we take it for granted that the middle of the day was proportionably illustrious, while he judged Israel twenty years; but the melancholy story of this chapter gives us such an account of his evening as did not commend his day. This little sun set under a cloud, and yet, just in the setting, darted forth one such strong… Read the whole commentary →

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