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Midrash for Judges 16:1

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן עַזָּ֑תָה וַיַּרְא־שָׁם֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה זוֹנָ֔ה וַיָּבֹ֖א אֵלֶֽיהָ׃

And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.

Midrash Tanchuma

Sisera similarly was punished by the very thing of which he boasted. Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron (Judg. 4:13). For that reason they fought against him from heaven: The stars in their courses fought against Sisera (ibid. 5:20). And Samson, too, was punished by the Holy One, blessed be He, through the very thing in which he prided himself, as it is said: And Samson said unto his father: “Get her for me, for she pleaseth me well” (Judg. 14:3). Hence, the Philistines laid hold on him and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza (ibid. 16:21).9Samson lusted after Delilah and was trapped by her.
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