Samson and Delilah

16 One day Samson^(A) went to Gaza,^(B) where he saw a prostitute.^(C) He went in to spend the night with her.

² The people of Gaza were told, “Samson is here!” So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate.^(A) They made no move during the night, saying, “At dawn^(B) we’ll kill him.”

⁴ Some time later, he fell in love^(A) with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah.^(B)