Judges 16:1 (GNV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Judges 16:1 Then went Samson to Azzah, and sawe there an harlot, and went in vnto her.

Judges 16:2 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, and were quiet all the nyght, saying, Abide till the morning earely, and we shall kill him.

Judges 16:3 And 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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "went", "samson", "azzah", "sawe", "harlot", and "vnto". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "went" and "samson", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "And it was tolde to the Azzahites...", so "went" and "samson" should be read forward into that movement. In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "went" and "samson" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.