JUDGES CHAPTER 16 (16 OF 21)
Scripture: Judges 16:1-31
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Judges Chapter 16 (16 of 21)
Series: Judges
Harley Howard
Judges 16
1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
Here we go again; Samson had a weakness, or a lust would be more accurate, for godless women. In this case, she was a harlot, a prostitute.
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 him.
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.
The intent of these men was to wait until Samson was sleep and the city quiet and in the early morning they would enter in and kill him, but at midnight, Samson took the cities gates and the post that held the gates and carried them away.
4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name [was] Delilah.
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.
Here was Samson again engaged in his lust; godless women. We are introduced to Samson's greatest enemy, Delilah. It was possible that Delilah was a prostitute, but I’m not going to be dogmatic about that.
It is interesting to note here that the name Delilah means “feeble or languishing.” There are many renditions of her being some buxom beauty, but her name reveals otherwise.
In one of the writings of the Jews, they took a more allegorical or symbolical approach to her name. They said the following;
The Jews say (c) she wa ...
Series: Judges
Harley Howard
Judges 16
1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
Here we go again; Samson had a weakness, or a lust would be more accurate, for godless women. In this case, she was a harlot, a prostitute.
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 him.
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.
The intent of these men was to wait until Samson was sleep and the city quiet and in the early morning they would enter in and kill him, but at midnight, Samson took the cities gates and the post that held the gates and carried them away.
4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name [was] Delilah.
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.
Here was Samson again engaged in his lust; godless women. We are introduced to Samson's greatest enemy, Delilah. It was possible that Delilah was a prostitute, but I’m not going to be dogmatic about that.
It is interesting to note here that the name Delilah means “feeble or languishing.” There are many renditions of her being some buxom beauty, but her name reveals otherwise.
In one of the writings of the Jews, they took a more allegorical or symbolical approach to her name. They said the following;
The Jews say (c) she wa ...
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