16:1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
16:2[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.
16:3And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put [them] upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that [is] before Hebron.
16:4And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name [was] Delilah.
16:5And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength [lieth], and by what [means] we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred [pieces] of silver.
16:6And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength [lieth], and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
After his failed attempt at marriage, Samson begins to see a harlot in Gaza. Samson has this thing about falling head over heels in love, even to the place that all his common senses leave him. The Philistines begin to make offers to this harlot of large sums of money to entice Samson to find wherein his great strength lies. The sad part is after three times warning Samson. He still opens his heart to this trap that the devil set for him. After telling of his connection with God through a vow not to cut his hair. This harlot get Samson to sleep and has a man cut his hair, only to awake him with Samson the Philistines are upon you. This time the presence of the Spirit of God was missing when Samson came to himself. They knocked out his eyes and made sport of him for the public to ridicule.Thank God that Samson's failure wasn't final that the God, he had failed had not forgotten him. Samson during a time of high celebrations was brought into the large arena to be displayed and made fun of. Samson sought the Lord, Ask to be chained to the pillars that were the supports of this large gathering place. God forgave Samson and the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, he pulled down the pillars that killed himself and those that mocked the living God. There is victory in failures when one comes to himself and seeks the Lord with all his or her heart.
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