Judges 16:1

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a harlot, and he 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 Brook of Egypt, and the Great Sea with its coast-line.

Judges 1:18

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

Judges 14:1

Samson went down to Timnah, and at Timnah he saw one of the daughters of the Philistines.

Judges 16:2

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