Judges 16:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

And it was tolde to the Azzahites, Samson is come hither. And they went about, and laied wayte for him all night in the gate of the citie, & were quiet all the nyght, saying, Abide till the morning earely, and we shall kill him.

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  • 1 Sam 23:26 : 26 And Saul and his men went on the one side of the mountaine, and Dauid and his men on the other side of the mountaine: and Dauid made haste to get from the presence of Saul: for Saul and his men compassed Dauid and his men round about, to take them.
  • Ps 118:10-12 : 10 All nations haue compassed me: but in the Name of the Lord shall I destroy them. 11 They haue compassed mee, yea, they haue compassed mee: but in the Name of the Lorde I shall destroy them. 12 They came about mee like bees, but they were quenched as a fire of thornes: for in the Name of the Lord I shall destroy them.
  • Acts 9:24 : 24 But their laying awayte was knowen of Saul: nowe they watched the gates day and night, that they might kill him.
  • Acts 23:15 : 15 Nowe therefore, ye and the Council signifie to the chiefe captaine, that hee bring him foorth vnto you to morow: as though you would know some thing more perfectly of him, and we, or euer he come neere, will be readie to kill him.
  • 2 Cor 11:32-33 : 32 In Damascus the gouernour of the people vnder King Aretas, layde watch in the citie of the Damascens, and would haue caught me. 33 But at a windowe was I let downe in a basket through the wall, and escaped his handes.
  • Judg 15:18 : 18 And he was sore a thirst, and called on the Lorde, and sayde, Thou hast giuen this great deliuerance into the hand of thy seruaunt: and nowe shall I dye for thirst, and fall into the handes of the vncircumcised?
  • 1 Sam 19:11 : 11 Saul also sent messengers vnto Dauids house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal Dauids wife told it him, saying, If thou saue not thy selfe this night, to morowe thou shalt be slayne.
  • Matt 21:38 : 38 But when the husbandmen saw the sonne, they saide among themselues, This is the heire: come, let vs kil him, & let vs take his inheritance.
  • Matt 27:1 : 1 Vvhen the morning was come, all the chiefe Priests, and the elders of the people tooke counsell against Iesus, to put him to death,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 16:1
    81%

    1Then went Samson to Azzah, & sawe there an harlot, and went in vnto her.

  • Judg 16:3-6
    4 verses
    78%

    3And Samson slept till midnight, and arose at midnight, and tooke the doores of the gates of the citie, and the two postes and lift them away with the barres, and put them vpon his shoulders, and caried them vp to the top of the mountaine that is before Hebron.

    4And after this hee loued a woman by the riuer of Sorek, whose name was Delilah:

    5Vnto whome came the princes of the Philistims, and said vnto her, Entise him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what meane we may ouercome him, that we may binde him, and punish him, and euery one of vs shall giue thee eleuen hundreth shekels of siluer.

    6And Delilah saide to Samson, Tell mee, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest bee bound, to doe thee hurt.

  • Judg 15:7-13
    7 verses
    73%

    7And Samson saide vnto them, Though yee haue done this, yet wil I be auenged of you, and then I wil cease.

    8So hee smote them hippe and thigh with a mightie plague: then hee went and dwelt in the top of the rocke Etam.

    9Then the Philistims came vp, and pitched in Iudah, and were spred abroad in Lehi.

    10And the men of Iudah sayde, Why are yee come vp vnto vs? And they answered, To binde Samson are we come vp, and to do to him as hee hath done to vs.

    11Then three thousande men of Iudah went to the top of the rocke Etam, and sayde to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistims are rulers ouer vs? Wherefore then hast thou done thus vnto vs? And he answered them, As they did vnto me, so haue I done vnto them.

    12Againe they sayd vnto him, Wee are come to binde thee, and to deliuer thee into the hande of the Philistims; Samson sayde vnto them, Sweare vnto me, that yee will not fall vpon me your selues.

    13And they answered him, saying, No, but we will bynde thee and deliuer thee vnto their hande, but we will not kill thee; they bound him with two newe cordes, & brought him from the rocke.

  • Judg 16:8-10
    3 verses
    73%

    8And the princes of the Philistims brought her seuen greene cordes that were not dry, and she bound him therewith.

    9(And she had men lying in wayte with her in the chamber) Then she said vnto him, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson; hee brake the cordes, as a threede of towe is broken, when it feeleth fire: so his strength was not knowen.

    10After Delilah saide vnto Samson, See, thou hast mocked mee and tolde mee lies. I pray thee nowe, tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound.

  • Judg 9:31-33
    3 verses
    73%

    31Therefore he sent messengers vnto Abimelech priuily, saying, Beholde, Gaal the sonne of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem, and beholde, they fortifie the citie against thee.

    32Now therefore arise by night, thou & the people that is with thee, and lye in wayte in the fielde.

    33And rise early in the morning as soone as the sunne is vp, and assault the citie: and when he and the people that is with him, shall come out against thee, doe to him what thou canst.

  • Judg 16:18-21
    4 verses
    72%

    18And when Delilah sawe that he had tolde her all his heart, she sent, and called for the Princes of ye Philistims, saying, Come vp once againe: for he hath shewed mee all his heart. Then the Princes of the Philistims came vp vnto her, and brought the money in their handes.

    19And she made him sleepe vpon her knees, and she called a man, and made him to shaue off the seuen lockes of his head, and shee began to vexe him, and his strength was gone from him.

    20Then she said, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson; hee awoke out of his sleepe, and thought, I will go out now as at other times, and shake my selfe, but he knewe not that the Lorde was departed from him.

    21Therefore the Philistims tooke him, and put out his eyes, and brought him downe to Azzah, and bounde him with fetters: and hee did grinde in the prison house.

  • Judg 16:12-14
    3 verses
    71%

    12Delilah therefore tooke newe ropes, and bounde him therewith, and saide vnto him, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson: (and men lay in wayte in the chamber) and hee brake them from his armes, as a threede.

    13Afterward Delilah said to Samson, Hitherto thou hast beguiled mee, and tolde me lies: tell me how thou mightest be bounde. And he sayde vnto her, If thou plattedst seuen lockes of mine head with the threedes of the woufe.

    14And she fastened it with a pinne, and saide vnto him, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson; he awoke out of his sleepe, and went away with the pinne of the webbe and the woufe.

  • Judg 16:23-25
    3 verses
    69%

    23Then the Princes of the Philistims gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice vnto Dagon their god, and to reioyce: for they said, Our god hath deliuered Samson our enemie into our handes.

    24Also when the people saw him, they praysed their god: for they sayde, Our god hath deliuered into our hands our enemie and destroyer of our countrey, which hath slayne many of vs.

    25And when their heartes were mery, they said, Call Samson, that he may make vs pastime. So they called Samson out of the prison house, and he was a laughing stocke vnto them, and they set him betweene the pillars.

  • Acts 9:24
    69%

    24But their laying awayte was knowen of Saul: nowe they watched the gates day and night, that they might kill him.

  • Judg 9:35
    69%

    35Then Gaal the sonne of Ebed went out & stood in the entring of the gate of the citie: and Abimelech rose vp, and the folke that were with him, from lying in waite.

  • Judg 16:27
    69%

    27(Nowe the house was full of men and women, and there were all the princes of the Philistims: also vpon the roofe were about three thousande men and women that behelde while Samson played)

  • Judg 20:37
    69%

    37And they that lay in wait hasted, and brake forth toward Gibeah, & the ambushment drewe themselues along, and smote all the citie with the edge of the sword.

  • Judg 14:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15And when the seuenth day was come, they said vnto Samsons wife, Entise thine husband, that he may declare vs the riddle, lest wee burne thee and thy fathers house with fire. Haue ye called vs, to possesse vs? is it not so?

    16And Samsons wife wept before him, and savd, Surely thou hatest mee and louest mee not: for thou hast put forth a riddle vnto the children of my people, and hast not told it mee; hee sayd vnto her, Beholde, I haue not told it my father, nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?

  • Judg 15:1
    68%

    1Bvt within a while after, in the time of wheate haruest, Samson visited his wife with a kid, saying, I wil go in to my wife into the chamber: but her father would not suffer him to goe in.

  • Judg 15:3
    67%

    3Then Samson saide vnto them, Nowe am I more blamelesse then the Philistims: therefore will I doe them displeasure.

  • Josh 2:5
    67%

    5And when they shut the gate in the darke, the men went out, whither the men went I wote not: followe ye after them quickly, for ye shall ouertake them.

  • 2 Kgs 18:8
    67%

    8He smote the Philistims vnto Azzah, and the coastes thereof, from the watch towre vnto the defensed citie.

  • Judg 14:7
    67%

    7And he went down, & talked with the woman which was beautifull in the eyes of Samson.

  • Judg 14:19
    67%

    19And the Spirite of the Lorde came vpon him, and he went downe to Ashkelon, and slew thirtie men of them and spoyled them, and gaue chaunge of garments vnto them, which expounded the riddle: and his wrath was kindled, and he went vp to his fathers house.

  • Judg 20:5
    66%

    5And the men of Gibeah arose against me, and beset the house round about vpon mee by night, thinking to haue slaine me, and haue forced my concubine that she is dead.

  • Josh 2:7-8
    2 verses
    66%

    7And certaine men pursued after them, the way to Iorden, vnto the foordes, and as soone as they which pursued after them, were gone out, they shut the gate.

    8And before they were a sleepe, she came vp vnto them vpon the roofe,

  • 1 Sam 23:7
    66%

    7And it was tolde Saul that Dauid was come to Keilah, & Saul sayd, God hath deliuered him into mine hand: for he is shut in, seeing he is come into a citie that hath gates and barres.

  • Judg 14:11
    66%

    11And when they sawe him, they brought thirtie companions to be with him.

  • Judg 20:29
    66%

    29And Israel set men to lie in waite round about Gibeah.

  • 1 Sam 25:16
    65%

    16They were as a wall vnto vs both by night & by day, all the while we were with them keeping sheepe.

  • Judg 19:22
    65%

    22And as they were making their hearts merie, beholde, the men of the citie, wicked men beset the house round about, and smote at the doore, and spake to this olde man the master of the house saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house that we may knowe him.