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Jdg 16:2 — [And it was told] the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed [him] in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

compassed		1Sa 19:11; 1Sa 23:26; Psa 118:10-12; Act 9:24; 2Cr 11:32,33
quiet		Heb. silent
kill him		Jdg 15:18; Mat 21:38; Mat 27:1; Act 23:15

Correlating Passages

compassed

	1Sa 19:11	Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
	1Sa 23:26	And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
	Psa 118:10	All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.
	Psa 118:11	They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
	Psa 118:12	They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
	Act 9:24	But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
	2Cr 11:32	In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
	2Cr 11:33	And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.

kill him

	Jdg 15:18	And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
	Mat 21:38	But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
	Mat 27:1	When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
	Act 23:15	Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.

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Scott, Thomas. "Judges 16:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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