The Gazites were told, "Samson is here." They surrounded him, and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city, and were quiet all night, saying, "Wait until morning light, then we will kill him."

But the men wouldn't listen to him: so the man laid hold of his concubine, and brought her out to them. And they raped her and abused her all night until the morning, and when the day began to dawn they let her go.

God did so that night, for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew all over the ground.

Abimelech rose up, and all the people who were with him, by night, and they lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.

And the old man said, "Peace be to you. I will take care of all your needs; however, do not spend the night in the square."

They turned that way to go in to spend the night in Gibeah. And he went in and they sat down in the street of the city; for there was no one who would take them into their house to spend the night.