Samson’s Troubles in Gaza

16 Sometime later, Samson went to Gaza, saw a prostitute there, and went in to have sex with her. ² When the Gazites were informed,^[a] “Samson has come here!” they surrounded him, intending to lay in wait for him at the city gate throughout the entire night. They kept quiet all night, telling each other,^[b] “At first light, let’s kill him!”

³ Meanwhile, Samson had sex until midnight, then at midnight he got up, grabbed the doors, the two door posts, and the bars of the city gate, and uprooted them. He put them on his shoulders and carried them to the top of the mountain opposite Hebron.