Judges 16:4

And it cometh to pass afterwards that he loveth a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name [is] Delilah,

Young's Literal Translation

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 Samson lieth down till the middle of the night, and riseth in the middle of the night, and layeth hold on the doors of the gate of the city, and on the two side posts, and removeth them with the bar, and putteth on his shoulders, and taketh them up unto the top of the hill, which [is] on the front of Hebron.

5and the princes of the Philistines come up unto her, and say to her, 'Entice him, and see wherein his great power [is], and wherein we are able for him — and we have bound him to afflict him, and we — we give to thee, each one, eleven hundred silverlings.'

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Cross References

Nehemiah 13:26'By these did not Solomon king of Israel sin? and among the many nations there was no king like him, and beloved by his God he was, and God maketh him king over all Israel — even him did the strange women cause to sin.

Proverbs 23:27For a harlot [is] a deep ditch, And a strange woman [is] a strait pit.

Proverbs 27:22If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things — with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off 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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