Judges 16:1
וַיֵּלֶךְ שִׁמְשׁוֹן עַזָּתָה וַיַּרְא ־ שָׁם אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה וַיָּבֹא אֵלֶֽיהָ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 38:16וַיֵּט אֵלֶיהָ אֶל ־ הַדֶּרֶךְ וַיֹּאמֶר הָֽבָה ־ נָּא אָבוֹא אֵלַיִךְ כִּי לֹא יָדַע כִּי כַלָּתוֹ הִוא וַתֹּאמֶר מַה ־ תִּתֶּן ־ לִּי כִּי תָבוֹא אֵלָֽי ׃
Judges 1:18וַיִּלְכֹּד יְהוּדָה אֶת ־ עַזָּה וְאֶת ־ גְּבוּלָהּ וְאֶֽת ־ אַשְׁקְלוֹן וְאֶת ־ גְּבוּלָהּ וְאֶת ־ עֶקְרוֹן וְאֶת ־ גְּבוּלָֽהּ ׃
Ezra 9:1וּכְכַלּוֹת אֵלֶּה נִגְּשׁוּ אֵלַי הַשָּׂרִים לֵאמֹר לֹֽא ־ נִבְדְּלוּ הָעָם יִשְׂרָאֵל וְהַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם מֵעַמֵּי הָאֲרָצוֹת כְּתוֹעֲבֹֽתֵיהֶם לַכְּנַעֲנִי הַחִתִּי הַפְּרִזִּי הַיְבוּסִי הָֽעַמֹּנִי הַמֹּאָבִי הַמִּצְרִי וְהָאֱמֹרִֽי ׃
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 →