1 Israel is delivered into the hands of Philistines
2 An angel appeared to Manoah's wife
8 The angel appears to Manoah
15 Manoah's sacrifices, where-by the angel is discovered.
24 Samson is born

did. added to commit, etc. Jud 2:11 3:7 4:1 6:1 10:6 Ro 2:6

in the sight Jer 13:23

delivered. `This seems a partial captivity.' into the 1Sa 12:9

2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

Zorah. Jos 15:33 19:41

barren Ge 16:1 25:21 1Sa 1:2-6 Lu 1:7

3 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

the angel Jud 2:1 6:11,12 Ge 16:7-13 Lu 1:11,28

but thou Ge 17:16 18:10 1Sa 1:20 2Ki 4:16 Lu 1:13,31

4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:

drink not Jud 13:14 Nu 6:2,3 Lu 1:15

eat not Le 11:27,47 Ac 10:14

5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

no razor Nu 6:2,3,5 1Sa 1:11

begin 1Sa 7:13 2Sa 8:1 1Ch 18:1

6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:

A man De 33:1 Jos 14:6 1Sa 2:27 9:6 1Ki 17:18,24 2Ki 4:9,16 1Ti 6:11

countenance was Mt 28:3 Lu 9:29 Ac 6:15

terrible Jud 13:22 Ge 28:16,17 Ex 3:2,6 Da 8:17 10:5,11 Mt 28:4 Re 1:17

but I asked,etc. The Vulgate renders this cause very differently, the negative Not being omitted; Quem cum interrogassim quis esset, et unde venisset, et quo nomine vocaretur, noluit mihi dicere; sed hoc respondit, etc; `Whom when I asked who he was, and whence he came, and by what name he was called, would not tell me: but this he said.' etc. The negative is also wanting in the Septuagint, as it is in the Complutensian Polyglott; ` And I asked him whence he was, and his name, but he did not tell me.' This is also the reading of the Codex Alexandrinus; but the Septuagint in the London Polyglott, the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic, read the negative particle with the Hebrew text: I asked Not his name. etc. his name. Jud 13:17,18 Ge 32:29 Lu 1:19

7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.

8 Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.

teach us Job 34:32 Pr 3:5,6 Ac 9:6

9 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her.

hearkened Ps 65:2 Mt 7:7-11

10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and showed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day.

behold Joh 1:41,42 4:28,29

the other day. Byyom, rather. `in this day,' or `to-day,' for the word other is not in the original, and it is probably that the angel appeared in the morning and evening of the same day

11 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am.

12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?

How shall we order the child. what shall be the manner of the child? Ge 18:19 Pr 4:4 22:6 Eph 6:4

how shall we do unto him. or. what shall he do? what shall be his work?

13 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.

14 She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.

neither Jud 13:4

all that I De 12:32 Mt 28:20 Joh 2:5 15:14 2Th 3:4

15 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.

let us Jud 6:18,19 Ge 18:3-5

until. Manoah, not knowing the quality of his guest, wished to do this as act of hospitality. for thee. before thee.

16 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD.

I will not. As I am a spiritual being, I subsist not by earthly food; and cannot partake of your bounty. and if, etc. Rather, `but if thou wilt offer,' etc. unto thee Jud 13:23 6:26

17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honor?

18 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?

Why askest. Jud 13:6 Ge 32:29

secret. or, wonderful. It was because his name was secret that Manoah wishes to know it. But the angel does not say it was secret, but hoo pailee, `it is wonderful;' the very character given to the Messiah: ` His name shall be called pailai. Wonderful,' Isa 9:6

19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wonderously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.

took Jud 6:19,20 1Ki 18:30-38

did wondrously. He acted according to His Name: He,being wonderful, performed wonders; probably causing fire to arise out of the rock and consume the sacrifice, and then ascended in the flame. Jud 6:21 1Ki 18:38

20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.

when the flame 2Ki 2:11 Ps 47:5 Heb 1:3

fell on Ge 17:3 Le 9:24 1Ch 21:16,26 Eze 1:26,28 Da 10:9 Mt 17:6

21 But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.

knew Jud 6:22 Ho 12:4,5

22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

We shall Ge 32:30 Ex 33:20 De 4:38 5:26 Isa 6:5

we have Joh 1:18 5:37

23 But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.

his wife Ec 4:9,10 1Co 12:21

he would not Ge 4:4,5 Ps 86:17

he have shewed Ps 25:14 27:13 Pr 3:32 Joh 14:20,23 15:15

24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.

A.M. 2849. B.C. 1155. An. Ex. Is. 336. Samson. Heb 11:32

the child 1Sa 3:19 Lu 1:80 2:52

25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

the Spirit Jud 3:10 6:34 11:29 1Sa 11:6 Mt 4:1 Joh 3:34

the camp of Dan. Mahaneh-dan, as Jud 18:12

between Jud 18:11 Jos 15:33