Judges 16:4

And it came to pass after this that he loved a woman in + 16:4 Alex. the brook of Sorech.Alsorech, and her name was Dalida.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

In Context

3And Sampson slept till midnight, and rose up at midnight, and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city with the two posts, and lifted them up with the bar, and laid them on his shoulders, and he went up to the top of the mountain that is before Chebron, and laid them there.

5And the princes of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Beguile him, and see wherein his great strength is, and wherewith we shall prevail against him, and bind him to humble him; and we will give thee + 16:5 Gr. a man.each eleven hundred pieces of silver.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 13:26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin thus? though there was no king like him among many nations, and he was beloved of God, and God made him king over all Israel; yet strange women turned him aside.

Proverbs 23:27For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; and a strange well is narrow.

Proverbs 27:22Though thou scourge a fool, disgracing him in the midst of the council, thou wilt still in no wise remove his folly from him.

Matthew Henry on Judges 16:2-4

Samson's Escape from Gaza. ( b. c. 1120.) 1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there a 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… Read the whole commentary →

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