Verse 1

Samson went down to Timnah, and there he saw a woman from among the daughters of the Philistines.

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 15:10 : 10 The boundary turned westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, passed along to the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed by Timnah.
  • Josh 19:43 : 43 Elon, Timnah, and Ekron,
  • 2 Sam 11:2 : 2 One evening, David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful.
  • Job 31:1 : 1 I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a young woman?
  • Ps 119:37 : 37 Turn my eyes from worthless things; give me life according to Your way.
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father, but is from the world.
  • Gen 6:2 : 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humanity were beautiful, and they took wives for themselves from whomever they chose.
  • Gen 34:1-2 : 1 Now Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to observe the women of the land. 2 And Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He seized her, lay with her, and violated her.
  • Gen 38:12-13 : 12 After a long time, Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he went up to Timnah to his sheep shearers, accompanied by his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 13 When Tamar was told, 'Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep,'