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It came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
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A Fatal Pattern of Sin
Commentators like Matthew Henry point out that this was not Samson's first mistake with women, but the third and fatal one. His story serves as a powerful warning that unrepentant, repeated sin, especially licentiousness, is a 'deep pit' that 'takes away the heart' and leads to destruction.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A village to the north of Eleutheropolis, called Caphar-Sotek, still existed in the time of Eusebius, near Zorah.
19th Century
Anglican
He loved a woman. —Delilah was not, as Milton represents, his wife. Josephus (Antiquities 5.8.11) says that she …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass afterwards, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek Which, a…
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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…