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Judges Chapter 16 verse 1 Holy Bible

ASV Judges 16:1

And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.
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BBE Judges 16:1

Now Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a loose woman and went in to her.
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DARBY Judges 16:1

Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a harlot, and he went in to her.
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KJV Judges 16:1

Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
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WBT Judges 16:1

Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.
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WEB Judges 16:1

Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her.
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YLT Judges 16:1

And Samson goeth to Gaza, and seeth there a woman, a harlot, and goeth in unto her;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - Then. It should be and. There is nothing to show when the incident occurred. It may have been many years after his victory at hal-Lechi, towards the latter part of his twenty years' judgeship. Gaza, now Ghuzzeh, one of the five chief cities of the Philistines, once a strong place, but now a large open town. It was the last town in South-West Palestine on the road from Jerusalem to Egypt (Acts 8:26, 27). It played an important part in history in all ages - in the times, of the Pharaohs, the Seleucidae, the Maccabees, the Romans, the Khalifs, and the Crusaders. It was within the limits of the tribe of Judah (Joshua 15:47). It is first mentioned in Genesis 10:19, as the south-west border of the Canaanites. Its real transliteration from the Hebrew is Azzah, as it is actually expressed in the A.V. of Deuteronomy 2:23, and 1 Kings 4:24. Gaza is the Greek form.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(1) Then went Samson to Gaza.--Rather, And Samson, &c. The narrative is brief and detached. Gaza is near the sea, and was the chief town of the Philistines, in the very heart of their country. It is useless to inquire how Samson could venture there in safety, or whether he went in disguise, or what was his object in going there; to such side-questions the narrative gives us no reply.