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 him.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And it was told the Gazites,.... The inhabitants of Gaza, the principal ones of it, the magistrates of the city, either…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Judges 16:1-3
Here is, 1. Samson's sin, Jdg 16:1. His taking a Philistine to wife, in the beginning of his time, was in some degree…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
And it was told the Gazites The verb has fallen out by accident; the LXX read it in the text.
all night in the gate The…
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