Juízes 13:2

2 Havia um homem de Zorá, da tribo de Dã, cujo nome era Manoá; e sua mulher, sendo estéril, não lhe dera filhos.

Juízes 13:2 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 13:2

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the
Danites
Of the tribe of Dan, in which tribe Zorah was, and seems to have lain both on the borders of Judah and Dan, ( Joshua 15:33 ) ( 19:41 ) ; (See Gill on Joshua 15:33), (See Gill on Joshua 19:41), and this man was not a mean man, but of rank and figure, a principal man in the country, according to Josephus {g}; though the Talmudists ^F8 say he was a plebeian:

whose name was Manoah;
which signifies "rest", and has much the same signification as Noah; and by this name he was well known in those times, and among his people:

and his wife was barren, and bare not;
had no child, as the Targum; and it is observed by many, that several eminent persons were born of women that had been barren, as Isaac, Jacob, Samuel, and John the Baptist; and it is remarkable, that the strongest man that ever was born of such a woman, as the following account relates. The name of this woman, the mother of Samson, is said ^F9 to be Zalalponith; see ( 1 Chronicles 4:3 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Antique. l. 5. c. 8. sect. 2.
F8 T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 61. 1.
F9 T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 91. 1. Juchasin, fol. 10. 8.

Juízes 13:2 In-Context

1 Os filhos de Israel tornaram a fazer o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, e ele os entregou na mão dos filisteus por quarenta anos.

2 Havia um homem de Zorá, da tribo de Dã, cujo nome era Manoá; e sua mulher, sendo estéril, não lhe dera filhos.

3 Mas o anjo do Senhor apareceu � mulher e lhe disse: Eis que és estéril, e nunca deste � luz; porém conceberás, e terás um filho.

4 Agora pois, toma cuidado, e não bebas vinho nem bebida forte, e não comas coisa alguma impura;

5 porque tu conceberás e terás um filho, sobre cuja cabeça não passará navalha, porquanto o menino será nazireu de Deus desde o ventre de sua mãe; e ele começara a livrar a Israel da mão dos filisteus.