Judg 16:2-3 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Judg 16:2-3: 16:2-3 City gates of the period were locked during the night to prevent passage in or out, and the men of the city, having seen the gates locked, probably slept ( kept quiet ) in one of the gate houses, thinking that they could resume their vigil in the morning.

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‏ Judges 16:2-3

Summary for Judg 16:2-3: 16:2-3 ^a City gates of the period were locked during the night to prevent passage in or out, and the men of the city, having seen the gates locked, probably slept (kept quiet) in one of the gate houses, thinking that they could resume their vigil in the morning.
16:3 ^b Samson had to pick up the entire six- to twelve-foot-wide gate system and take it to the hills across from Hebron, a town about forty miles distant. Samson humiliated the Philistines but did nothing to defeat them.