Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot , and went in unto her.
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Gill's Exposition
Then went Samson to Gaza,.... One of the five principalities of the Philistines, which was ten miles from Ashkelon, as Sandys (q) says; who also describes (r) it as standing upon an hill environed…
Barnes' Notes
Gaza - About 8 hours from Eleutheropolis, and one of the chief strong-holds of the Philistines.
Here is, 1. Samson's sin, Jdg 16:1. His taking a Philistine to wife, in the beginning of his time, was in some degree excusable, but to join himself to a harlot that he accidentally saw among them was…
Cambridge Bible
Jdg 16:1-3. Samson at Gaza
1 .Gaza The most southerly of the Philistine cities, and far from the scene of Samson's other adventures. Long before the Philistines arrived Gaza is mentioned in Egyptian…