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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....
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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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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....
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_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...
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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...
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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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_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...
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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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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...
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וַ תֵּ֤לֶד הָֽ אִשָּׁה֙ בֵּ֔ן וַ
תִּקְרָ֥א
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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_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)_...
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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...
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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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_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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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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....
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THE SECOND 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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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...
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i.e. Endowed him with all those graces and gifts of mind and body
which were necessary for the work he was designed for....
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Judges 13:24 woman H802 bore H3205 (H8799) son H1121 called H7121
(H8799) name H8034 Samson H8123 child...
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‘ 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....
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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....
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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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_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,...
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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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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 Samuel 3:19; Hebrews 11:32; Luke 1:80; Luke 2:52...
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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. ...
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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....