Judges 16:4

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

Some time later, Samson fell in love with 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.

ASV

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

BBE

Now after this, he was in love with a woman in the valley of Sorek, named Delilah.

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וַיְהִי vay·hi and it was H1961 אַחֲרֵי־ 'a·cha·rei- after H310 כֵן khen thus H3651 וַיֶּאֱהַב vai·ye·'e·hav and he loved H157 אִשָּׁה 'i·shah a woman H802 בְּנַחַל be·na·chal in [the] valley of H5158 שֹׂרֵק so·rek Sorek H7796 וּשְׁמָהּ u·she·mah and name her H8034 דְּלִילָה de·li·lah [was] Delilah H1807

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 4–17

Samson had been more than once brought into mischief and danger by the love of women, yet he would not take warning, but is again taken in the same snare, and this third time is fatal. Licentiousness is one of the things that take away the heart. This is a deep pit into which many have fallen; but from which few have escaped, and those by a miracle of mercy, with the loss of reputation and usefulness, of almost all, except their souls. The anguish of the suffering is ten thousand times greater than all the pleasures of the sin.

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Delilah Valley of Sorek

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.