Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Judges 13:24
Blessed him — That is, endowed him with all those graces and gifts of mind and body which were necessary for the work he was designed for.
Blessed him — That is, endowed him with all those graces and gifts of mind and body which were necessary for the work he was designed for.
Verse Judges 13:24. _AND CALLED HIS NAME SAMSON_] The original שמשון _shimshon_, which is from the root שמש _shamash, to serve_, (whence _shemesh, the sun_,) probably means either a _little sun_, or...
SAMSON - The etymology is doubtful. Perhaps it comes from a word signifying “to minister,” in allusion to his Nazaritic consecration to the service of God....
6. SIXTH DECLENSION: UNDER THE PHILISTINES AND SAMSON CHAPTER 13 _ 1. Israel delivered to the Philistines (Judges 13:1)_ 2. Manoah and his wife (Judges 13:2) 3. Samson born (Judges 13:24) The sixt...
THE BIRTH OF SAMSON. Judges 13:1. D's usual introduction. Judges 13:2. Zorah (p. 31) is now Sar-' a, 800 ft. above the valley of Sorek (Wady es-Surâ r), 17 m. W. of Jerusalem. In Joshua 15:33 and...
CALLED HIS NAME. called him. Figure of speech _Pleonasm._ App-6. GREW. Israel waited twenty years for deliverance. Compare Judges 15:20; Judges 16:31....
_Samson_ The form implies that the word is either an adjective or a diminutive, -solar" or -little sun," from _shemesh_= -sun." The Engl. _Samson_, based on the Gk. Σαμψών, is nearer the original pron...
CALLED HIS NAME SAMSON— It is not easy to determine the derivation of this word. That of those who derive it from שׁמשׁ _Shemesh,_ the _Sun,_ seems the most probable; Samson's birth being, as some say...
Samson of Dan Judges 13:1 to Judges 16:31 _The Birth of Samson Judges 13:1-25_ And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Phi...
_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 rep...
THE STORY OF SAMSON Except for Judges 15:20 and Judges 16:31, Samson has none of the characteristics of a Judge. His exploits against the Philistines are all solitary, and though they doubtless afford...
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 13 In total, there were 12 judges in the book called Judges. Samson was the last one. The story about him shows that matters had got much worse. Peo...
SAMSON. — Josephus renders the word “strong” (ἰσχυρός)_,_ deriving it from a root (_shameem_)_,_ and perhaps not unwilling to suggest an analogy between Samson and the Greek Hercules. St. Jerome, rend...
וַ תֵּ֤לֶד הָֽ אִשָּׁה֙ בֵּ֔ן וַ תִּקְרָ֥א
SAMSON PLUNGING INTO LIFE Judges 13:24; Judges 14:1 Or all who move before us in the Book of Judges Samson is preeminently the popular hero. In rude giant strength and wild daring he stands alone aga...
THE PROMISE FULFILLED Judges 13:15 Manoah's wife comforted her husband with admirable tact. How often her words come back to us, at the different stages of life! The fact that God continues to bless...
Once again we read that "Israel again did that which was evil," and once again they were delivered to discipline at the hands of their enemies. In this connection we have one of the strangest stories...
The one who took a Nazarite vow was not to partake of the fruit of grape vines at all. The hair was not to be cut until the time of the vow was completed when it would be shaved and burned before the...
_Samson signifies, "His sun, or joy;" or Syriac, "service." (Calmet) --- "His, or a little sun." (Menochius) --- Blessed him with graces and strength, suitable for his office. (Calmet)_...
Samson, like Shemesh, signifies a sun: probably typical of Him, who is emphatically called, the Sun of righteousness. Malachi 4:2. And perhaps in allusion to his great strength. For the sun is said to...
My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...
_THE HEBREW HERCULES_ ‘And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him. And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan bet...
Samson, as a type, sets before us the principle of Nazariteship, entire separation to God, the source of strength in conflict with our enemies, looked at as enemies who seek to gain the upper hand amo...
AND THE WOMAN BARE A SON, AND CALLED NAME SAMSON,.... After these appearances were over, Manoah and his wife returned to their habitation, and she soon became pregnant, and at the usual course of time...
And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. Ver. 24. _And called his name Samson._] That is, _Solilus,_ a little sun, a type of Christ "the Sun...
_The Lord blessed him_ That is, endowed him with all those graces and gifts of mind and body which were necessary for the work he was designed for. _The Spirit of the Lord began to move him_ To excite...
1 Israel is in the hand of the Philistines. 2 An Angel appeareth to Manoahs wife. 8 The Angel appeareth to Manoah. 15 Manoahs sacrifice, whereby the Angel is discouered. 24 Samson is borne. 1 AND...
And the woman, the wife of Manoah, in due time BARE A SON AND CALLED HIS NAME SAMSON; AND THE CHILD GREW, AND THE LORD BLESSED HIM. Cf 1 Samuel 2:21....
THE SECOND APPEARANCE OF THE ANGEL...
AMSON'S BIRTH PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED (vv. 1-25) After this, because of Israel's further disobedience, the Lord brought them under bondage to the Philistines for forty long years (v. 1). In this case...
24,25 The Spirit of the Lord began to move Samson when a youth. This was evidence that the Lord blessed him. Where God gives his blessing, he gives his Spirit to qualify for the blessing. Those are bl...
i.e. Endowed him with all those graces and gifts of mind and body which were necessary for the work he was designed for....
Judges 13:24 woman H802 bore H3205 (H8799) son H1121 called H7121 (H8799) name H8034 Samson H8123 child...
‘ And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson (Shimshon), and the child grew, and Yahweh blessed him.' Eventually the son was born as Yahweh had promised, and they gave him the name Shimshon....
Judges 13:24 _(with Judges 16:31)_ I. Consider the character of Samson. His character is unlike that of the other heroes of Hebrew story. (1) Alone in the Old Testament he overflows with joyousness....
Judges 13:16 I. We must first ask what principles, regarding the way in which God works deliverance for man, were taught by Samson. (1) The first principle impressed on the minds of his contemporaries...
CONTENTS: Parents of Samson and Samson's birth. CHARACTERS: God, Angel (Jesus), Holy Spirit, Manoah. CONCLUSION: A promise is given to try our faith and a precept to try our obedience for God requir...
Judges 13:1. _Forty years._ There are no exact dates of the commencement and termination of this servitude. Therefore to harmonize it with the four hundred and eighty years from the going out of Egypt...
_Samson._ SAMSON The history of Samson is surprising even in an extraordinary age. In several particulars he was the most distinguished of the Hebrew judges. And though never at the head of an army,...
_Manoah; and his wife._ THE ANGELIC APPEARANCES TO MANOAH AND HIS WIFE I. The unknown visitor. Manoah’s wife was just the woman to be visited by an angel--bold, energetic, large-hearted, believing....
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 13:1__ Samson was the twelfth and last judge. He lived around the beginning of the eleventh century B.C., about 50 years before Saul became king. His physical strength was unpara...
NEW OPPRESSORS AND A NEW DELIVERER In fixing the date at which Samson appeared, it must be remembered that great diversity of opinion exists, as to the exact chronology of the whole period between the...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 13:1 DID EVIL AGAIN. It by no means follows from this phrase that this chapter is in direct chronological sequence to the preceding The scene is shifted to the tribe of Dan, and to...
[Now, again] The children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years. There was a certain man from Zorah, he was o...
1 Samuel 3:19; Hebrews 11:32; Luke 1:80; Luke 2:52...
SAMSON JUDGES ISRAEL Judges 13:11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The period of the Judges revealed times immediately following the death of Joshua. 1. THE PERIOD OF THE JUDGES, AS A WHOLE, IS SUMMED UP THUS. ...