Judges 16:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Once Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to her.

Cross References

Genesis 10:19

And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon in the direction of Gerar as far as Gaza and in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim as far as Lasha.

Proverbs 7:8

passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house

Joshua 15:47

Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the Wadi of Egypt, and the Great Sea with its coast.

Judges 1:18

Judah took Gaza with its territory, Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory.

Judges 14:1

Once Samson went down to Timnah, and at Timnah he saw a Philistine woman.

Judges 16:2

The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here.” So they circled around and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They kept quiet all night, thinking, “Let us wait until the light of the morning; then we will kill him.”