Judges 16:1
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
KJV
Abiit quoque in Gazam, et vidit ibi mulierem meretricem, ingressusque est ad eam.
Vulgate
Καὶ ἐπορεύθη Σαμψὼν εἰς Γάζαν, καὶ εἶδεν ἐκεῖ γυναῖκα πόρνην καὶ εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς αὐτήν.
LXX
And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.
ASV
וַ/יֵּ֥לֶךְ שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן עַזָּ֑תָ/ה וַ/יַּרְא שָׁם֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה זוֹנָ֔ה וַ/יָּבֹ֖א אֵלֶֽי/הָ
Hebrew
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In this verse
People
Samson
Places
Gaza
In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
זוֹנָ֔ה
zvnh
verb · 92×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
עַזָּ֑ה
'zh
proper_noun · 21×
שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן
shmshvn
proper_noun · 38×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers Joshua's conquest of Canaan (the crossing of the Jordan, fall of Jericho, the allotment of the land) and the period of the Judges (Othniel, Ehud, Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah, Samson). Josephus follows the biblical narrative closely while harmonizing chronological difficulties.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 6:16 — What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
- Gen 3:6 — And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto
- Gen 38:16 — And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest co
- Josh 15:47 — Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof: