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Judges 16:4 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. "
Judges 16:4
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And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill
And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict
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In this chapter, we have:
1. Peter’s necessary defense of what he did in receiving Cornelius and his friends into the church, after he had been criticized for it by the brothers, and their acceptance of his explanation (Acts 11:1-18).
2. The good progress of the gospel in Antioch and the surrounding areas (Acts 11:19-21).
3. The carrying forward of the good work that began in Antioch, first through Barnabas, and then through Paul working with him, along with the first use of the lasting name “Christian” for the disciples there (Acts 11:22-26).
4. A prediction of a coming famine, and the gift that was collected from the Gentile believers to help the poor saints in Judea when that time came (Acts 11:27-30).
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Judges 16:1
"Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in"
Judges 16:2
"And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill"
Judges 16:3
"And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron."
Judges 16:5
"And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver."
Judges 16:6
"And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict"
Judges 16:7
"And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man."
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