_AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID EVIL AGAIN IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD; AND THE LORD DELIVERED THEM INTO THE HAND OF THE PHILISTINES FORTY YEARS._ The Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. The Israelites were represented (Judges 10:6) as having fallen universally into a sta... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 - a Danite town (Joshua 15:33), lying on the common boundary of Judah and Dan, so that it was near the Philistine border.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 of the Lord - the messenger of the covenant; the divine personage who made so many remarkable appearances of a similar kind alread... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THEREFORE BEWARE, I PRAY THEE, AND DRINK NOT WINE NOR STRONG DRINK, AND EAT NOT ANY UNCLEAN THING:_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR, LO, THOU SHALT CONCEIVE, AND BEAR A SON; AND NO RASOR 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._ Thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. This predicted child being to be a Nazarite, t... [ Continue Reading ]
_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:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ Then Manoah entreated the Lord. On being informed by his wife of the welcome intimation, the husband made it the subje... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? Manoah's intense desire for the repetition of the angel's visit was prompted, not by doubts or anxietie... [ Continue Reading ]
_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?, х_ MAH_ (H4100) _ YIHªYEH_ (H1961) _ MISHPAT_ (H4941) _ HANA`AR _ (H5288)] - What will be the manner of the child? - i:e., What sort of a child, and what... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD SAID UNTO MANOAH, OF ALL THAT I SAID UNTO THE WOMAN LET HER BEWARE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid. The stranger declined the intended hospitality; and intimated that if the meat were to be an offering, it must be p... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MANOAH SAID UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE LORD, WHAT IS THY NAME, THAT WHEN THY SAYINGS COME TO PASS WE MAY DO THEE HONOUR?_ What is thy name? Manoah's request elicited the most unequivocal proofs of the divinity of this supernatural Visitor-in his name "secret" [peli'y, wonderful] (used in regard to... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM, WHY ASKEST THOU THUS AFTER MY NAME, SEEING IT IS SECRET?_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MANOAH SAID UNTO HIS WIFE, WE SHALL SURELY DIE, BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN GOD._ We shall surely die, because we have seen God - (see the note at Genesis 16:13.) The frequent manifestations of the angel of Yahweh to the worthies of the early Jewish Church had rendered the description of His terrible... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 SHEWED US ALL THESE THINGS, NOR WOULD AS AT THIS TIME HAVE TOLD US SUCH THINGS AS THESE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE WOMAN BARE A SON, AND CALLED HIS NAME SAMSON: AND THE CHILD GREW, AND THE LORD BLESSED HIM._ The woman bare a son, and called his name Samson. The birth of this child of promise, and the report of the important national services he was to render, must from the first have made him an object... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD BEGAN TO MOVE HIM AT TIMES IN THE CAMP OF DAN BETWEEN ZORAH AND ESHTAOL._ The Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times - not probably as it moved the prophets, who were charged with an inspired message, but kindling in his youthful bosom a spirit of high and devoted... [ Continue Reading ]