Judges 13:1-6

The Birth of Samson

1 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, so the LORD delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.
2 A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was childless, unable to give birth.
3 The angel of the LORD appeared to her and said, “You are barren and childless, but you are going to become pregnant and give birth to a son.
4 Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean.
5 You will become pregnant and have a son whose head is never to be touched by a razor because the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from the womb. He will take the lead in delivering Israel from the hands of the Philistines.”
6 Then the woman went to her husband and told him, “A man of God came to me. He looked like an angel of God, very awesome. I didn’t ask him where he came from, and he didn’t tell me his name.

Cross References 18

  • 1. S Judges 3:31; Judges 2:11; 1 Samuel 12:9
  • 2. Judges 14:4
  • 3. S Joshua 15:33; Joshua 19:41
  • 4. ver 8; Judges 16:31
  • 5. S Genesis 30:6
  • 6. S Genesis 11:30
  • 7. S Genesis 16:7; ver 6,8; Judges 6:12
  • 8. ver 10
  • 9. Isaiah 7:14; Luke 1:13
  • 10. S Leviticus 10:9
  • 11. ver 14; Numbers 6:2-4; S Luke 1:15
  • 12. S Genesis 3:15
  • 13. Numbers 6:5; 1 Samuel 1:11
  • 14. S Numbers 6:2,13; Amos 2:11,12
  • 15. 1 Samuel 7:13
  • 16. ver 8; 1 Samuel 2:27; 1 Samuel 9:6; 1 Kings 13:1; 1 Kings 17:18
  • 17. S Numbers 22:22; ver 17-18; Matthew 28:3
  • 18. Psalms 66:5
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