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The 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.”
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Verse 2. Setting. Hebrew “they laid wait for him all night in the gate, … and were quiet all night, saying, in the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.” They hoped to seize him unawares, ( Bible.) as they were afraid to rouse this lion, and hence probably refrained from setting fire to the house: ( Calmet.) though they might be deterred from doing this, by the fear of the conflagration spreading to other parts of the city, ( Bible.) and by an over-ruling Providence. Salien.
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