Judges 13
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 13 of 21
Chapter Summary
Israel made to serve the Philistines. 2 An Angel appears to Manoah's wife. 8 The Angel appears to Manoah. 15 Manoah's sacrifice, by which the Angel is revealed . 24 Samson is born.
Key Hebrew Words
People & Context
Danite of Zorah whose barren wife is promised a son; prays for guidance and offers a sacrifice to the Angel
Barren wife of Manoah to whom the Angel announces she will bear a Nazarite son
Divine messenger who appears to announce Samson's birth and ascends in the altar flame
Son born to Manoah's wife, a Nazarite from the womb whom Jehovah blesses and begins to stir
Timeline
Israel does evil again, and Jehovah gives them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.
Judges 13:1The Angel of Jehovah appears to Manoah's barren wife, announcing she will bear a son who will be a Nazarite from the womb and will begin to save Israel from the Philistines. The Angel gives her strict dietary rules.
Judges 13:2-5The woman tells her husband about the terrifying Man of God who visited her and recounts his instructions regarding the child.
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