Now King Solomon loved so many foreign women, besides the daughter of Pharaoh—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites—
Judges 16:4 - Tree of Life Version It came about afterward that he fell in love with a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition After this he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. Common English Bible Some time after this, in the Sorek Valley, Samson fell in love with a woman whose name was Delilah. Catholic Public Domain Version After these things, he loved a woman who was living in the valley of Sorek. And she was called Delilah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version After this he loved a woman, who dwelt in the valley of Sorec and she was called Dalila. |
Now King Solomon loved so many foreign women, besides the daughter of Pharaoh—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites—
Didn’t Solomon king of Israel sin about these things? Yet among many nations there was never any king like him. Yes, he was beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless, the foreign women caused even him to sin.
The mouth of a seducing woman is a deep pit—into it will fall one with whom Adonai is angry.
Even if you pound the fool along with the grain in a mortar with a pestle, his foolishness would never leave him.
Now these things happened as examples for us, so we wouldn’t crave evil things, just as they did.
But Samson lay in bed till midnight, got up at midnight, grabbed the doors of the city gate along with the two gateposts and pulled them up bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is near Hebron.
So the Philistine lords came up to her and said to her, “Coax him, see where his great strength comes from and by what we may overpower him, so we may bind him to subdue him—then we’ll each of us give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”