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Verse Judges 13:6. _BUT I ASKED HIM NOT WHENCE HE_ WAS, _NEITHER TOLD
HE ME_ _HIS NAME_] This clause is rendered very differently by the
Vulgate, the negative NOT being omitted: _Quem cum interrogass...
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A MAN OF GOD - The designation of a prophet, of frequent use in the
books of Samuel and Kings 1Sa 2:27; 1 Samuel 9:6, 1 Samuel 9:10; 1Ki
12:22;...
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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...
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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...
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A MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. This was according to the woman's
apprehension.
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.
COUNTENANCE. appearance.
TERRIBLE. awe-inspiring....
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_A man of God_ An inspired man; the phrase is used of a prophet,
Deuteronomy 33:1; 1Sa 2:27; 1 Samuel 9:6-8; 1 Kings 12:22 etc. Here
the man of God seemed to be more than human.
_and I asked him not_...
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HIS COUNTENANCE—VERY TERRIBLE— The French version has it very
well, _fort venerable,_ a countenance _full of majesty;_ such as was
that of St. Stephen, when he appeared before the Sanhedrim at
Jerusal...
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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...
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_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...
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MAN OF GOD] The woman, apparently like Gideon (see on Judges 6:15),
does not recognise her visitor as supernatural, though she feels him
to be inspired. She does not venture, like her husband, to ask...
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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...
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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...
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A MAN OF GOD. — Angels always appeared in human form, and Manoah’s
wife, though awe-struck by the majesty of the angel’s appearance,
did not know him to be other than a prophet. Josephus, writing to
p...
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וַ תָּבֹ֣א הָ אִשָּׁ֗ה וַ תֹּ֣אמֶר לְ
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THE ANGEL IN THE FIELD
Judges 13:1
IN our ignorance not in our knowledge, in our blindness not in our
light, we call nature secular and think of the ordinary course of
events as a series of cold oper...
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THE PROMISE OF A NAZARITE CHAMPION
Judges 13:1
The secret of Samson's strength was a puzzle to his contemporaries.
Even Delilah could not account for it, Judges 16:5. Clearly, then, it
did not depend...
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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...
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Thomas says Zorah was on the border of Dan and Judah, which was close
to the area the Philistines occupied. Interestingly, Dan means "a
judge" and Jacob had foretold Dan would judge his people (Genesi...
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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 (c) terrible: but I asked him not whence he [was],...
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_And when, &c. Hebrew, Chaldean, Syriac, Arabic, and the Vatican
Septuagint read a negation, "And I did not ask him whence he came;
neither did he tell me his name." The other copies of the Septuagint...
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An interesting information to her husband. No doubt from the nature of
the prohibition, both Manoah and his wife conceived somewhat wonderful
of this child; and cheerfully wished that a child, concern...
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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...
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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...
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THEN THE WOMAN CAME AND TOLD HER HUSBAND,.... To whom it would be
joyful news, as it was to her:
SAYING, A MAN OF GOD CAME UNTO ME; he appeared in an human form, and
therefore she calls him a man; an...
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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], neit...
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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...
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Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came
unto me, the word used for a prophet or for one in the most intimate
relation toward God, AND HIS COUNTENANCE, his appearance, WAS L...
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THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE ANGEL...
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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...
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1-7 Israel did evil: then God delivered them again into the hands of
the Philistines. When Israel was in this distress, Samson was born.
His parents had been long childless. Many eminent persons were...
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A MAN OF GOD; a prophet, or sacred person, sent with a message from
God. VERY TERRIBLE, or, _venerable_, or _awful_, full of majesty....
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Judges 13:6 woman H802 came H935 (H8799) told H559 (H8799) husband
H376 saying H559 (H8800) Man...
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Judges 13:6 a
‘Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, “A man of God
came to me and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of
God, very terrible.” '
The visitor was in human f...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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....
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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...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 13:5 Any man or woman could take a vow to
become a NAZIRITE, to separate himself or herself to God (see Numbers
6:1). It was to be voluntary ...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 13:6 A MAN OF GOD describes prophets elsewhere
in the OT (e.g., Deuteronomy 33:1;...
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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...
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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...
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[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...
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1 Kings 17:18; 1 Kings 17:24; 1 Samuel 2:27; 1 Samuel 9:6; 1 Timoth
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Man of God — A prophet, or sacred person, sent with a message from
God. Terrible — Or, venerable, awful, full of Majesty....