Judges 16:3

New Century Version

But Samson only stayed with the prostitute until midnight. Then he got up and took hold of the doors and the two posts of the city gate and tore them loose, along with the bar. He put them on his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that faces the city of Hebron.

Cross References

Psalm 107:16

He breaks down bronze gates and cuts apart iron bars.

Micah 2:13

Someone will open the way and lead the people out. The people will break through the gate and leave the city where they were held captive. Their king will go out in front of them, and the Lord will lead them.”

Acts 2:24

God raised Jesus from the dead and set him free from the pain of death, because death could not hold him.

Judges 16:2

When the people of Gaza heard, “Samson has come here!” they surrounded the place and waited for him near the city gate all night. They whispered to each other, “When dawn comes, we will kill Samson!”

Judges 16:4

After this, Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in the Valley of Sorek.