Judges 16:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. ”

Judges 16:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A village to the north of Eleutheropolis, called Caphar-Sotek, was still existing in the time of Eusebius, near Zorah.
Judges 16:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Samson and Delilah. It was quite near his own home, in the Vale of Sorek (Grape Valley), that the Philistines, a ided by the woman who had him in thrall, ultimately got the giant under their power....
Judges 16:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. He loved a woman in the valley of Sorek - Some think Samson took this woman for his wife; others...
Judges 16:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

In the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah— The valley of Sorek, through which passed the river of the same name, and where, in the times of Eusebius and St. Jerome, stood the village of Cepha...
Judges 16:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. He loved a woman in the valley of Sorek. The situation of this place is not known, althoug...
Judges 16:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Samson's Escape from Gaza. Delilah's Treachery. Samson's Death 1-3. Samson and Gaza.
Judges 16:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He loved a woman. — Delilah was not, as Milton represents, his wife. Josephus ( Antt. v. 8, § 11) says that she was one who played the harlot among the Philistines, and the fathers all speak of he...
Judges 16:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE VALLEY OF SOREK AND OF DEATH Judges 16:4-31 THE strong bold man who has blindly fought his battles and sold himself to the traitress and to the enemy, "Eyeless in Gaza at the mill with slav...
Judges 16:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Playing with the Enemy Judges 16:1-14 Three women, one after another, brought Samson down. If only a noble woman could have influenced him, as Deborah did Barak, how different his record would...
Judges 16:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the sad and awful account of Samson's relapse and final fall. He went to Gaza. It is easy to imagine how much there must have been in Gaza which should have appealed to one acting for th...
Judges 16:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. Again we behold the sad breakings out of our fallen state. How justly doth the Psalmist (and ever...
Judges 16:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass afterwards, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek ,.... Which, according to Adrichomius y was but half a mile from the brook Eshcol, from whence the spies brought a bunch...
Judges 16:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name [was] Delilah. Ver. 4. And it came to pass afterward. ] Not long afterwards, but before he had soundly repen...
Judges 16:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He loved a woman in the valley of Sorek Through which passed the river of the same name. This place, famous for its vines, was about a mile and a half from Eshcol, whence the spies brought their bu...
Judges 16:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

MORE BAD RELATIONSHIPS (vv. 1-22). Samson had still not learned his lesson as regards Philistine women, and in Gaza he foolishly involved himself with a prostitute. When the Gazites knew of his b...
Judges 16:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Delilah's Treachery. B. C. 1120. 4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woma...
Judges 16:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He loved a woman; either, first, With conjugal love, so as to marry her, as divers both Jews and Christians have thought. Or, secondly, With lustful love, as a harlot; which though not certain, bec...
Judges 16:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And it was so afterwards that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.' The Valley of Sorek lay between Jerusalem and the sea, commencing twelve miles (twenty kilometres...
Judges 16:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

( Judges 16:1-31 .) SAMSON’S FALL, CAPTIVITY AND DEATH CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 16:1 . Then .] And —without fixing the time. A long gap stands between the events of the two previous Chapter s and...
Judges 16:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 13:16 I. We must first ask what principles, regarding the way in which God works deliverance for man, were taught by Samson. (1) The first principle impressed on the minds of his contempora...
Judges 16:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 16:1 . A harlot, at Gaza, one of the five strong cities of Philistia. The Hebrew is the same as Joshua 2 ., hostess, as some would read, but our version follows the other opinion. Judges...
Judges 16:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then went Samson to Gaza. Pleasure and peril in Gaza For what reason did Samson go down to Gaza? We imagine that in default of any excitement such as he craved in the towns of his own land, he...
Judges 16:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 16:1 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...
Judges 16:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And it came to pass afterward, some time after this exploit, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah. This was not very far from his home place, and he entered into an u...
Judges 16:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:6 ; 1 Kings 11:1 ; Nehemiah 13:26 ; Proverbs 22:14 ; Proverbs 23:27 ; Proverbs 26:11 ; Proverbs 27:22
Judges 16:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Loved — Probably as an harlot: because the dreadful punishment now inflicted upon Samson for this sin, whom God spared for the first offence, is an intimation, that this sin was not inferior to the...

Judges 16:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 16:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 16:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 16:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 16:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 16:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 16:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 16:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 16:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 16:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 16:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 16:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 16:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 16:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 16:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 16:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 16:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 16:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 16:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 16:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 16:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 16:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 16:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 16:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 16:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 16:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes