Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her.
"Samson arose at midnight"  (Judges 16:3).  We are not told just why Samson decided to leave at midnight.  We might suppose that he had become suspicious of the harlot he visited, and that he suspected her of telling the Gazites of his presence in that city, but Samson, as we may judge from the rest of the narrative, was incapable of suspecting his various female companions.  It could be that this particular harlot warned him of his danger.      "The doors of the gate of the city, the two posts, bars and all"  (Judges 16:3).  Superhuman strength indeed would have been required to load such a mass upon one's shoulders and carry it away.