Judges 16:1

Easy To Read Version

One day Samson went to the city of Gaza. He saw a prostitute there. He went in to stay the night with her.

Cross References

Genesis 10:19

The land of the people of Canaan was from Sidon in the north to Gerar in the south, from Gaza in the west to Sodom and Gomorrah in the east, from Admah and Zeboiim to Lasha.

Proverbs 7:8

He walked through the market place toward that bad woman’s corner and walked straight to her house.

Joshua 15:47

All the area around Ashdod and the small towns there were part of the land of Judah. The people of Judah also got the area around Gaza and fields and the towns that were near it. Their land continued to the River of Egypt. And their land continued along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

Judges 1:18

The men of Judah also captured the city of Gaza and the small towns around it. The men of Judah also captured the cities of Ashkelon and Ekron and all the small towns around them.

Judges 14:1

Samson went down to the city of Timnah. He saw a young Philistine woman there.

Judges 16:2

Someone told the people of Gaza, “Samson has come here.” They wanted to kill Samson, so they surrounded the city. They hid near the city gate and waited all night for Samson. They were very quiet all night long. They had said to each other, “When morning comes, we will kill Samson.”