Judges 16:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Judges 16:4

2 When the Gazites were told, “Samson has come here!” they ^asurrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They were quiet all night, saying, “In the morning, when it is daylight, we will kill him.”

3 And Samson lay low till midnight; then he arose at midnight, took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and the two gateposts, pulled them up, bar and all, put them on his shoulders, and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.

4 Afterward it happened that he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

5 And the ^alords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, ^b“Entice him, and find out where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and every one of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”

6 So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and with what you may be bound to afflict you.”

7 And Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings, not yet dried, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”

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Definitions of words in Judges 16:4:

Delilah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Delilah {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Delilah {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Name {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Valley {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Valley {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Woman {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Woman {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sorek {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Other definition entries containing Judges 16:4:

Delilah {Easton's}
Judges, Book of {Easton's}
Samson {Easton's}

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