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Judges 16:2

WEB

2The Gazites were told, “Samson is here!” They surrounded him and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, “Wait until morning light; then we will kill him.”

KJV

2And 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.

BSB

2When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”

FBV

2The men of Gaza found out Samson was there, so they gathered to spend the night lying in wait for him at the town gates. They kept quiet all night, whispering to one another, “We'll kill him when it gets light.”

Extra References

Psalms 118:10-12

10All the nations surrounded me, but in the LORD’s name I cut them off. 11They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In the LORD’s name I indeed cut them off. 12They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In the LORD’s name I cut them off.

1 Samuel 23:26

26Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David hurried to get away for fear of Saul, for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them.

Acts 9:24

24but their plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him,

Acts 23:15

15Now therefore, you with the council inform the commanding officer that he should bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to judge his case more exactly. We are ready to kill him before he comes near.”

Matthew 27:1

1Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.

Matthew 21:38

38But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and seize his inheritance.’

Judges 15:18

18[+] He was very thirsty, and called on the LORD and said, “You have given this great deliverance by the hand of your servant; and now shall I die of thirst, and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”

2 Corinthians 11:32-33

32In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the Damascenes’ city, desiring to arrest me. 33I was let down in a basket through a window by the wall, and escaped his hands.

1 Samuel 19:11

11Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you don’t save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”