Judges 16:3

וַיִּשְׁכַּב 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

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2לַֽעַזָּתִים ׀ לֵאמֹר בָּא שִׁמְשׁוֹן הֵנָּה וַיָּסֹבּוּ וַיֶּאֶרְבוּ ־ לוֹ כָל ־ הַלַּיְלָה בְּשַׁעַר הָעִיר וַיִּתְחָרְשׁוּ כָל ־ הַלַּיְלָה לֵאמֹר עַד ־ אוֹר הַבֹּקֶר וַהֲרְגְנֻֽהוּ ׃

4וַֽיְהִי אַחֲרֵי ־ כֵן וַיֶּאֱהַב אִשָּׁה בְּנַחַל שֹׂרֵק וּשְׁמָהּ דְּלִילָֽה ׃

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Cross References

Isaiah 63:1מִי ־ זֶה ׀ בָּא מֵאֱדוֹם חֲמוּץ בְּגָדִים מִבָּצְרָה זֶה הָדוּר בִּלְבוּשׁוֹ צֹעֶה בְּרֹב כֹּחוֹ אֲנִי מְדַבֵּר בִּצְדָקָה רַב לְהוֹשִֽׁיעַ ׃

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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