Judges 16:1-3
Lexham English Bible
Samson and Delilah
16 Samson went down to Gaza; there he saw a prostitute and had sex with her.[a] 2 The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here,” so they surrounded the place and lay in ambush for him all night at the city gate. They kept silent all night, saying, “We will wait until the morning light, and then we will kill him.” 3 But Samson lay until the middle of the night; he got up in the middle of the night and took hold of the doors of the city gate and the two door posts, tore them loose with the bar, put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the hill that is in front of[b] Hebron.
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- Judges 16:1 Literally “went into her”
- Judges 16:3 Literally “on the face of”
Judges 16:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Samson and Delilah
16 Once Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to her. 2 The Gazites were told,[a] “Samson has come here.” So they circled around and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They kept quiet all night, thinking, “Let us wait[b] until the light of the morning; then we will kill him.”(A) 3 But Samson lay only until midnight. Then at midnight he rose up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and the two posts, pulled them up, bar and all, put them on his shoulders, and carried them to the top of the hill that is in front of Hebron.
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