Judges 13:9-11

9 God listened to the voice of Manoah; and ¹the angel of God came again to the woman as she was sitting in the field, but Manoah her husband was not with her.

10 So the woman ran quickly and told her husband, "Behold, ²the man who came the other day has appeared to me."

11 Then Manoah arose and followed * his wife, and when he came to the man he said to him, "Are you ³the man who spoke to the woman?" And he said, "I am."

Judges 13:9-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 13

This chapter relates the birth of Samson, another of the judges of Israel, which was foretold by an angel to his mother, who told her husband of it, Jud 13:1-7 upon whose entreaty the angel appeared again, and related the same to them both, Jud 13:8-14 and who was very, respectfully treated by the man, and by the wonderful things he did was known by him to be an angel of the Lord, which greatly surprised him, Jud 13:15-23 and the chapter is closed with an account of the birth of Samson, and of his being early endowed with the Spirit of God, Jud 13:24,25.

Cross References

• 1. Judges 13:8
• 2. Judges 13:9
• 3. Judges 13:8

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "husband, and said to him"
• [b]. Lit "came to me"