Judges 16:2

Modern English Version

The people of Gaza were told, “Samson has come here!” So they surrounded him and laid in wait for him all night at the city gate. They kept quiet all night, thinking, “In the morning light we will kill him.”

Cross References

Matthew 21:38

“But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’

Matthew 27:1

When the morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death.

Luke 21:20

“When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you know that its desolation has drawn near.

Acts 23:15

So now, with the Sanhedrin, tell the commander to bring him down to you tomorrow, pretending to inquire further concerning him. We are ready to kill him before he arrives.”

Acts 9:24

But their scheme was known by Saul. They watched the gates day and night to kill him.

Judges 15:18

He was very thirsty, and he called out to the Lord, “You gave this great deliverance through Your servant, but now may I die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”

Judges 16:3

Samson lay until midnight, then at midnight he got up. He grabbed the doors of the city gate and the two gateposts and pulled them out along with the bar. He put them on his shoulder and brought them to the top of the mountain near Hebron.

1 Samuel 19:11

Saul also sent messengers to the house of David, to watch him and to slay him in the morning. But Michal, wife of David, told him, saying, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead.”

1 Samuel 23:26

Saul went on this side of the mountain and David and his men on that side of the mountain. And David hurried to get away from Saul. Now Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.