Come up: Psalms 62:9; Proverbs 18:8; Jeremiah 9:4-6
brought money: Judges 16:5; Numbers 22:7; 1 Kings 21:20; Matthew 26:15; Ephesians 5:5; 1 Timothy 6:10
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Judges 16:18
Judges 16:18
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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 his twenty years' judgeship. Gaza,…Judges 16:18-21Judges 16:18-21 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here the fatal consequences of Samson's folly in betraying his
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