Judges 16:2

לַֽעַזָּתִים ׀ לֵאמֹר בָּא שִׁמְשׁוֹן הֵנָּה וַיָּסֹבּוּ וַיֶּאֶרְבוּ ־ לוֹ כָל ־ הַלַּיְלָה בְּשַׁעַר הָעִיר וַיִּתְחָרְשׁוּ כָל ־ הַלַּיְלָה לֵאמֹר עַד ־ אוֹר הַבֹּקֶר וַהֲרְגְנֻֽהוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1וַיֵּלֶךְ שִׁמְשׁוֹן עַזָּתָה וַיַּרְא ־ שָׁם אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה וַיָּבֹא אֵלֶֽיהָ ׃

3וַיִּשְׁכַּב שִׁמְשׁוֹן עַד ־ חֲצִי הַלַּיְלָה וַיָּקָם ׀ בַּחֲצִי הַלַּיְלָה וַיֶּאֱחֹז בְּדַלְתוֹת שַֽׁעַר ־ הָעִיר וּבִשְׁתֵּי הַמְּזוּזוֹת וַיִּסָּעֵם עִֽם ־ הַבְּרִיחַ וַיָּשֶׂם עַל ־ כְּתֵפָיו וַֽיַּעֲלֵם אֶל ־ רֹאשׁ הָהָר אֲשֶׁר עַל ־ פְּנֵי חֶבְרֽוֹן ׃ פ

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Cross References

Judges 15:18וַיִּצְמָא מְאֹד וַיִּקְרָא אֶל ־ יְהוָה וַיֹּאמַר אַתָּה נָתַתָּ בְיַֽד ־ עַבְדְּךָ אֶת ־ הַתְּשׁוּעָה הַגְּדֹלָה הַזֹּאת וְעַתָּה אָמוּת בַּצָּמָא וְנָפַלְתִּי בְּיַד הָעֲרֵלִֽים ׃

1 Samuel 23:26וַיֵּלֶךְ שָׁאוּל מִצַּד הָהָר מִזֶּה וְדָוִד וַאֲנָשָׁיו מִצַּד הָהָר מִזֶּה וַיְהִי דָוִד נֶחְפָּז לָלֶכֶת מִפְּנֵי שָׁאוּל וְשָׁאוּל וַאֲנָשָׁיו עֹֽטְרִים אֶל ־ דָּוִד וְאֶל ־ אֲנָשָׁיו לְתָפְשָֽׂם ׃

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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