Judges 13:10

; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. 2 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. 3 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. 4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: 5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor 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. 6 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: 7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death. The first verse gives us a short account, such as we have too often met with already, of the great distress that Israel was in, which gave occasion for the raising up of a deliverer. They did evil, as they had done, in the sight of the Lord, and then God delivered them, as he had done, into the hands of their enemies.

13:8-14 Blessed are those who have not seen, and yet, as Manoah, have believed. Good men are more careful and desirous to know the duty to be done by them, than to know the events concerning them: duty is ours, events are God's. God will guide those by his counsel, who desire to know their duty, and apply to him to teach them. Pious parents, especially, will beg Divine assistance. The angel repeats the directions he had before given. There is need of much care for the right ordering both of ourselves and our children, that we may be duly separate from the world, and living sacrifices to the Lord.

And the woman made haste, and ran,.... It is not improbable what Josephus says (m), that she entreated the angel to stay a little till she fetched her husband, which he assented to, and then made all the haste she could to him, partly through eagerness to acquaint him with it, and partly that she might not make the prophet she took him to be wait too long: and showed her husband; that his prayer was heard: and said unto him, behold, the man hath appeared unto me that came unto me the other day; or, as the Targum, "this day"; so Kimchi and Ben Melech; for the word "other" is not in the text. It is very probable it was the same day he came again he had appeared to her; perhaps it was in the former part of the day he first came to her, when she went home to her husband, and acquainted him with it, who prayed to the Lord that he might be sent again; and then she returned to her place in the field, and in the latter part of the day the angel appeared again. (m) Antiqu. l. 5. c. 8. sect. 3.

A man of God - The designation of a prophet, of frequent use in the books of Samuel and Kings 1 Samuel 2:27 ; 1 Samuel 9:6-8 , 1 Samuel 9:10 ; 1 Kings 12:22 ; 1 Kings 13:1 , 1 Kings 13:5-6 , 1 Kings 13:11 , and applied to Timothy by Paul in the New Testament 1 Timothy 6:11 ; 2 Timothy 3:17 . His countenance - Rather, "his appearance," as the word is rendered in Daniel 10:18.

6-8. then Manoah entreated the Lord—On being informed by his wife of the welcome intimation, the husband made it the subject of earnest prayer to God. This is a remarkable instance, indicative of the connection which God has established between prayer and the fulfilment of His promises.

Then she hastened to fetch her husband, who first of all inquired of the person who had appeared, "Art thou the man who said to the woman" (sc., what has been related in Judges 13:3-5 )? And when this was answered in the affirmative, he said still further ( Judges 13:12 ), "Should thy word then come to pass, what will be the manner of the boy, and his doing?" The plural דּבריך is construed ad sensum with the singular verb, because the words form one promise, so that the expression is not to be taken distributively, as Rosenmller supposes. This also applies to Judges 13:17 , Mishpat, the right belonging to a boy, i.e., the proper treatment of him.

[Reformed Biblical] Judges 13:9 No text from Poole on this verse. Judges 13:10 No text from Poole on this verse. Judges 13:11 No text from Poole on this verse. ## Judges 13:12 Let thy words come to pass; or, thy words shall come to pass ; I firmly believe that thy promises shall be fulfilled. ## How shall we order the child? what rules shall we observe about his education? Judges 13:13 Whilst the child is in her womb, and after the child is born, let him observe the same orders. Judges 13:14 No text from Poole on this verse. Judges 13:15 Supposing him to be a man and a prophet, to whom he would in this manner express his respect, as was usual to strangers. See Gen_18:5 Jud_6:18. ## Judges 13:16 Bread, i.e. meat, as bread is commonly taken in Scripture. ## Unto the Lord; not unto a man, as now thou apprehendest me to be; but unto the Lord, as thou wilt by and by perceive me to be. ## Judges 13:17 Either by making honourable mention of time, or by performing respect and service to thee, by a present, which they usually gave to prophets, 1Sa_9:7 ,8 1Ki_14:3. ## Judges 13:

[Bible] 12:10. And he died, and was buried in Bethlehem. 12:11. To him succeeded Ahialon, a Zabulonite: and he judged Israel ten years: 12:12. And he died, and was buried in Zabulon. 12:13. After him, Abdon, the son of Illel, a Pharathonite, judged Israel: 12:14. And he had forty sons, and of them thirty grandsons, mounted upon seventy ass colts, and he judged Israel eight years: 12:15. And he died, and was buried in Pharathon, in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of Amalech. Judges Chapter 13 The people fall again into idolatry and are afflicted by the Philistines. An angel foretelleth the birth of Samson. 13:1. And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: and he delivered them into the hands of the Philistines forty years. 13:2. Now there was a certain man of Saraa, and of the race of Dan, whose name was Manue, and his wife was barren. 13:3. And an angel of the Lord appeared to her, and said: Thou art barren and without children: but thou shalt conceive and bear a son. 13:4. Now therefore beware, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing. 13:5. Because thou shalt conceive, and bear a son, and no razor shall touch his head: for he shall be a Nazarite of God, from his infancy, and from his mother's womb, and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines. 13:6. And when she was come to her husband, she said to him: A man of God came to me, having the countenance of an angel, very awful. And when I asked him whence he came, and by what name he was called, he would not tell me: 13:7. But he answered thus: Behold thou shalt conceive and bear a son: beware thou drink no wine, nor strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite of God from his infancy, from his mother's womb until the day of his death.

And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, judged Israel. And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy ass colts. And he judged Israel eight years. And Abdon the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekites. Chapter 13 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah gave them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. And there was a certain man of Zoreah, of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah. And his wife was barren and did not bear. And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold now, thou art barren and bearest not; but thou shalt conceive and bear a son. And now beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat nothing unclean. For lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son, and no razor shall come on his head; for the boy shall be a Nazarite of God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. And the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of an angel of God, very terrible; but I did not ask him whence he was, neither did he tell me his name. And he said to me, Behold, thou shalt conceive and bear a son; and now drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not anything unclean; for the boy shall be a Nazarite of God from the womb to the day of his death.