Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

Compassed

1 Samuel 19:11
Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him, in order to put him to death in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be put to death.”
1 Samuel 23:26
Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain; and David was hurrying to get away from Saul, for Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men to seize them.
Psalm 118:10
All nations surrounded me;
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.
Acts 9:24
but their plot became known to Saul. They were also watching the gates day and night so that they might put him to death;
2 Corinthians 11:32
In Damascus the ethnarch under Aretas the king was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me,

Kill him

Judges 15:18
Then he became very thirsty, and he called to the Lord and said, “You have given this great deliverance by the hand of Your servant, and now shall I die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
Matthew 21:38
But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’
Matthew 27:1
Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus to put Him to death;
Acts 23:15
Now therefore, you and the Council notify the commander to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case by a more thorough investigation; and we for our part are ready to slay him before he comes near the place.”