Judges 16:2 meaning and explanation

When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”

Judges 16:2, Berean Standard Bible

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Samson has come to Gaza, a Philistine city, and the townspeople learn he is inside. Rather than storm the house at night, they surround the place and wait silently at the city gate, planning to kill him at dawn.

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