Matthew Poole and continuators on Judges 16:9

9 (Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber ) and she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs as a thread of tow is broken, when it toucheth the fire: so his strength was not known.

With her, i. e. in the same House, in a Chamber, i. e. in a secret Chamber within her Call. Nor is it strange that they did not fall upon him in his Sleep; partly, because they feared to awake a sleeping Lion; and partly, because they expect an opportunity for doing their work more certainly, and with less danger.

Marginal references: Heb. [illegible: 1 word]