Judges 16:4 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 16:4

Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He loved a woman in the valley of Sorek - Some think Samson took this woman for his wife; others, that he had her as a concubine. It appears she was a Philistine; and however strong his love was for her, she seems to have had none for him. He always matched improperly, and he was cursed in all his matches. Where the valley or brook of Sorek was, is not easy to be ascertained. Eusebius and Jerome say it lay southward of Eleutheropolis; but where was Eleutheropolis?

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיְהִי֙	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
אַחֲרֵי־	'a.cha.rei-	after	H310 →
כֵ֔ן	Khen	thus	H3651 →
וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב	vai.ye.'e.Hav	and he loved	H157 →
אִשָּׁ֖ה	'i.Shah	a woman	H802 →
בְּנַ֣חַל	be.Na.chal	in [the] valley of	H5158 →
שֹׂרֵ֑ק	so.Rek	Sorek	H7796 →
וּשְׁמָ֖הּ	u.she.Mah	and name her	H8034 →
דְּלִילָֽה׃	de.li.Lah	[was] Delilah	H1807 →

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Where the connections lead

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Proverbs 26:11
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
leads to
- 2 Peter 2:22
  Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
- Matthew 12:45
  Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there; and the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So…
- Exodus 8:15
  When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
Through
Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 7:26
  And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
1 Corinthians 10:6
These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.
leads to
- Jude 1:7
  In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal…
- 2 Peter 2:6
  if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
- 1 Corinthians 10:11
  Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
- Hebrews 4:11
  Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.