the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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THE MESSAGE
Judges 16:1
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Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went to bed with her.
Shimshon went to `Aza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her.
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
Samson went down to Gaza; there he saw a prostitute and had sex with her.
Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a prostitute, and he went in to her.
One day Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute there. He went in to spend the night with her.
Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and went in to have sex with her.
Then Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute there, and went in to her.
Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute there, and had relations with her.
Then went Samson to Azzah, & sawe there an harlot, and went in vnto her.
En Simson het na Gasa gegaan en daar 'n hoer gesien en by haar ingegaan.
One day while Samson was in Gaza, he saw a prostitute and went to her house to spend the night.
Shimshon went to ‘Azah, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.
And Samson went to Gazah, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.
One day Samson went to the city of Gaza. He saw a prostitute there and went in to stay the night with her.
THEN Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and he went in unto her.
One day Samson went to the Philistine city of Gaza, where he met a prostitute and went to bed with her.
And Samson went to Gaza, and saw a woman there, a harlot, and went in to her.
Samson wente vnto Gasa, & there he sawe an harlot, & laye with her.
And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.
Now Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a loose woman and went in to her.
Then went Samson to Azzah, and sawe there an harlot, and went in vnto her.
And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in vnto her.
And Sampson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.
And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.
Also Sampson yede in to Gazam, and he siy there a womman hoore, and he entride to hir.
And Samson goeth to Gaza, and seeth there a woman, a harlot, and goeth in unto her;
And Samson went to Gaza, and there saw a prostitute, and went in to her.
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.
Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her.
Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her.
One day Samson went to the Philistine town of Gaza and spent the night with a prostitute.
Samson went to Gaza and saw a woman who sold the use of her body there. He went in to her.
Once Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to her.
Then went Samson unto Gaza, - and saw there an unchaste woman, and went in unto her.
He went also into Gaza, and saw there a woman, a harlot, and went in unto her.
Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a harlot, and he went in to her.
Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Gaza: Gaza, a city of great antiquity, was situated between Raphia and Askelon, twenty-two miles north of the former, and sixteen south of of the latter, according to the Antonine Itinerary; three miles from the sea, according to Arrian, and thirty-four from Ashdod or Azotus, according to Diodorus Siculus. It was a place of great strength and importance; and successively belonged to the Philistines, Hebrews, Chaldeans, and Persians; which latter defended it for two months against Alexander the great, who finally took and destroyed it. It was afterwards rebuilt, and alternately possessed by the Egyptians, Syrians, and Jews. The present town, which the Arabs call Razza, is situated on an eminence, and is rendered picturesque by the number of fine minarets which rise majestically above the buildings, with beautiful date trees interspersed. It contains upwards of 2,000 inhabitants. Genesis 10:19, Joshua 15:47
an harlot: Heb. a woman an harlot
and went: Genesis 38:16-18, Ezra 9:1, Ezra 9:2
Reciprocal: Genesis 3:6 - saw Genesis 38:2 - saw Joshua 10:41 - Gaza Judges 1:18 - Gaza 1 Samuel 6:17 - Gaza 1 Kings 4:24 - Azzah Proverbs 7:8 - General 1 Corinthians 6:16 - an harlot
Cross-References
Sarai was barren; she had no children.
Because of her, Abram got along very well: he accumulated sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, men and women servants, and camels. But God hit Pharaoh hard because of Abram's wife Sarai; everybody in the palace got seriously sick.
So Sarai, Abram's wife, took her Egyptian maid Hagar and gave her to her husband Abram as a wife. Abram had been living ten years in Canaan when this took place. He slept with Hagar and she got pregnant. When Hagar learned she was pregnant, she looked down on her mistress.
The angel of God said, "Go back to your mistress. Put up with her abuse." He continued, "I'm going to give you a big family, children past counting. From this pregnancy, you'll get a son: Name him Ishmael; for God heard you, God answered you. He'll be a bucking bronco of a man, a real fighter, fighting and being fought, Always stirring up trouble, always at odds with his family."
Isaac prayed hard to God for his wife because she was barren. God answered his prayer and Rebekah became pregnant. But the children tumbled and kicked inside her so much that she said, "If this is the way it's going to be, why go on living?" She went to God to find out what was going on. God told her, Two nations are in your womb, two peoples butting heads while still in your body. One people will overpower the other, and the older will serve the younger.
At that time there was a man named Manoah from Zorah from the tribe of Dan. His wife was barren and childless. The angel of God appeared to her and told her, "I know that you are barren and childless, but you're going to become pregnant and bear a son. But take much care: Drink no wine or beer; eat nothing ritually unclean. You are, in fact, pregnant right now, carrying a son. No razor will touch his head—the boy will be God's Nazirite from the moment of his birth. He will launch the deliverance from Philistine oppression."
"And did you know that your cousin Elizabeth conceived a son, old as she is? Everyone called her barren, and here she is six months pregnant! Nothing, you see, is impossible with God." And Mary said, Yes, I see it all now: I'm the Lord's maid, ready to serve. Let it be with me just as you say. Then the angel left her.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then went Samson to Gaza,.... One of the five principalities of the Philistines, which was ten miles from Ashkelon, as Sandys q says; who also describes r it as standing upon an hill environed with valleys, and these again well nigh enclosed with hills, most of them planted with all sorts of delicate fruits; and, according to Bunting s, forty two miles from Ramathlehi, the place where we last hear of him, :- :- what he went hither for is not easy to say; it showed great boldness and courage, after he had made such a slaughter of the Philistines, to venture himself in one of their strongest cities, where he must expect to be exposed to danger; though it is highly probable this was a long time after his last encounter with them:
and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her; the Targum renders it an innkeeper, one that kept a victualling house; so Kimchi, Ben Gersom, and Ben Melech interpret it; into whose house he went for entertainment and lodging, and very probably in the dusk of the evening; and the woman that kept this house might herself be an harlot, or, however, Samson saw one in her house, with whom he was captivated, and went in unto her, or had criminal conversation with her; it seems as if he did not turn in thither with any such wicked design, but on sight of the person was ensnared to commit lewdness with her; and, as Lyra says, there were many hostesses in some places, and so here, who too easily prostituted themselves to their guests.
q Travels, l. 3. p. 118. r Travels, l. 3. p. 116. s Ut supra. (Travels, l. 3. p. 118.)
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Gaza - About 8 hours from Eleutheropolis, and one of the chief strong-holds of the Philistines.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XVI
Samson comes to Gaza; they lay wait for him; he rises by night,
and carries away the city gates, 1-3.
Falls in love with Delilah, 4.
The lords of the Philistines promise her money if she will
obtain from Samson the secret in which his strength lay, 5.
By various artifices she at last obtains this; and
communicates it to the Philistines, who seize and bind him, put
out his eyes, and cause him to grind in the prison-house, 6-21.
At a public festival to Dagon he is brought out to make sport;
when, being weary, he requests to be placed between the two
pillars which supported the roof of the house, on which three
thousand men and women were stationed to see him make sport,
22-27.
He prays to God to strengthen him, and pulls down the pillars;
by which (the house falling) both himself, the lords of the
Philistines, and a vast multitude of the people, are slain,
28-30.
His relatives come and take away his body, and bury it, 31.
NOTES ON CHAP. XVI
Verse Judges 16:1. Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there a harlot — The Chaldee, as in the former case, renders the clause thus: Samson saw there a woman, an inn-keeper. Perhaps the word זונה zonah is to be taken here in its double sense; one who keeps a house for the entertainment of travellers, and who also prostitutes her person.
Gaza was situated near the Mediterranean Sea, and was one of the most southern cities of Palestine. It has been supposed by some to have derived its name from the treasures deposited there by Cambyses, king of the Persians; because they say Gaza, in Persian, signifies treasure; so Pomponius Mela and others. But it is more likely to be a Hebrew word, and that this city derived its name, עזה azzah, from עזז azaz, to be strong, it being a strong or well fortified place.
The Hebrew ע ain in this word is, by the Septuagint, the Arabic, and the Vulgate, rendered G; hence instead of azzah, with a strong guttural breathing, we have Gaza, a name by which this town could not be recognized by an ancient Hebrew.
