Thematic Bible
Judges 13:1 (show verse)
Now Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.
Judges 13:2 (show verse)
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was infertile and had no children.
Judges 13:3 (show verse)
And the Angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold, you are infertile and have no children, but you shall conceive and give birth to a son.
Judges 13:4 (show verse)
Therefore, be careful not to drink wine or [any other] intoxicating drink, and do not eat anything [ceremonially] unclean.
Abstinence » Total abstinence » Strong Drink » Law from the nazarites
Total abstinence » From intoxicating beverages
Total abstinence » Instances of » Samson
Conception » Miraculous » Manoah's wife
Food » Kinds prohibited by mosaic law
Manoah » A danite » Of zorah » Father of » Samson
Samson » A danite » son of manoah
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » Law from the nazarites
Temperance » Total abstinence » Law from the nazarites
Unclean » Physical food, kinds prohibited by mosaic law
Victuals » Kinds prohibited by mosaic law
Wine » Samson's mother forbidden to drink
Total abstinence » From intoxicating beverages
Total abstinence » Instances of » Samson
Conception » Miraculous » Manoah's wife
Food » Kinds prohibited by mosaic law
Manoah » A danite » Of zorah » Father of » Samson
Samson » A danite » son of manoah
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » Law from the nazarites
Temperance » Total abstinence » Law from the nazarites
Unclean » Physical food, kinds prohibited by mosaic law
Victuals » Kinds prohibited by mosaic law
Wine » Samson's mother forbidden to drink
Judges 13:5 (show verse)
For behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a Nazirite [dedicated] to God from birth; and he shall begin to rescue Israel from the hands of the Philistines.”
Total abstinence » Instances of » Samson
Asceticism » Practised by the nazarites
Children » Dedicated to God in infancy » Samson
Conception » Miraculous » Manoah's wife
Leaders » Men of God » Men raised up as deliverers of israel
Manoah » A danite » Of zorah » Father of » Samson
Nazarite » Law concerning
Nazarite » Instances of » Samson
Nazarites » Prohibited from » Cutting or shaving the head
Nazarites » Different kinds of » From the womb
Philistines » Samson » Promised as a deliverer from
Religious » Men of God » Men raised up as deliverers of israel
Samson » A life of contrasts » Separated as a nazarite
Samson » A danite » son of manoah
Shaving » Forbidden to nazarites
Wine » Samson's mother forbidden to drink
Asceticism » Practised by the nazarites
Children » Dedicated to God in infancy » Samson
Conception » Miraculous » Manoah's wife
Leaders » Men of God » Men raised up as deliverers of israel
Manoah » A danite » Of zorah » Father of » Samson
Nazarite » Law concerning
Nazarite » Instances of » Samson
Nazarites » Prohibited from » Cutting or shaving the head
Nazarites » Different kinds of » From the womb
Philistines » Samson » Promised as a deliverer from
Religious » Men of God » Men raised up as deliverers of israel
Samson » A life of contrasts » Separated as a nazarite
Samson » A danite » son of manoah
Shaving » Forbidden to nazarites
Wine » Samson's mother forbidden to drink
Judges 13:6 (show verse)
Then the woman went and told her husband, saying, “A Man of God came to me and his appearance was like the appearance of the Angel of God, very awesome. I did not ask Him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
Judges 13:7 (show verse)
But He said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and now you shall not drink wine or [any other] intoxicating drink, nor eat anything [ceremonially] unclean, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from birth to the day of his death.’”
Judges 13:8 (show verse)
Then Manoah pleaded with the Lord and said, “O Lord, please let the Man of God whom You sent come again to us and teach us what we are to do for the boy who is to be born.”
Conception » Miraculous » Manoah's wife
Devout fathers » Manoah prays for instruction in regard to his coming child
Fathers » Good Fathers » Manoah prays for instruction in regard to his coming child
Manoah » A danite » Of zorah » Father of » Samson
Parents » Good--exemplified » Manoah
Prayer » Answered » Manoah, asking about samson
Devout fathers » Manoah prays for instruction in regard to his coming child
Fathers » Good Fathers » Manoah prays for instruction in regard to his coming child
Manoah » A danite » Of zorah » Father of » Samson
Parents » Good--exemplified » Manoah
Prayer » Answered » Manoah, asking about samson
Judges 13:9 (show verse)
And God listened to the voice of Manoah; and the Angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field, but Manoah her husband was not with her.
Judges 13:10 (show verse)
So the woman ran quickly and told her husband, “Behold, the Man who came to me the other day has appeared to me.”
Judges 13:11 (show verse)
Then Manoah got up and followed his wife, and came to the Man and said to him, “Are you the Man who spoke to this woman?” He said, “I am.”
Judges 13:12 (show verse)
And Manoah said, “Now when your words come true, what shall be the boy’s manner of life, and his vocation?”
Judges 13:13 (show verse)
The Angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “The woman must pay attention to everything that I said to her.
Judges 13:14 (show verse)
She may not eat anything that comes from the vine nor drink wine or [any other] intoxicating drink, nor eat anything [ceremonially] unclean. She shall observe everything that I commanded her.”
Total abstinence » From intoxicating beverages
Total abstinence » Instances of » Samson
Conception » Miraculous » Manoah's wife
Food » Kinds prohibited by mosaic law
Manoah » A danite » Of zorah » Father of » Samson
Unclean » Physical food, kinds prohibited by mosaic law
Victuals » Kinds prohibited by mosaic law
Total abstinence » Instances of » Samson
Conception » Miraculous » Manoah's wife
Food » Kinds prohibited by mosaic law
Manoah » A danite » Of zorah » Father of » Samson
Unclean » Physical food, kinds prohibited by mosaic law
Victuals » Kinds prohibited by mosaic law
Judges 13:15 (show verse)
Then Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord, “Please let us detain you and let us prepare a young goat for you [to eat].”
Judges 13:16 (show verse)
The Angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “Though you detain me, I will not eat your food, but if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the Lord.” For Manoah did not know that he was the Angel of the Lord.
Judges 13:17 (show verse)
Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord, “What is your name, so that when your words come true, we may honor you?”
Judges 13:18 (show verse)
But the Angel of the Lord said to him, “Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful (miraculous)?”
Judges 13:19 (show verse)
So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering and offered it on the rock to the Lord, and He performed miracles while Manoah and his wife looked on.
Altars » Natural rocks sometimes used as
Angel (a spirit) » Appearances of » To manoah
Animals » Names of » Goats, as offerings
Conception » Miraculous » Manoah's wife
Goat » Manoah
Manoah » A danite » Of zorah » Father of » Samson
Miracles » Catalogue of » Fire on the sacrifices » Of manoah
Rocks » Used as » Altars
Angel (a spirit) » Appearances of » To manoah
Animals » Names of » Goats, as offerings
Conception » Miraculous » Manoah's wife
Goat » Manoah
Manoah » A danite » Of zorah » Father of » Samson
Miracles » Catalogue of » Fire on the sacrifices » Of manoah
Rocks » Used as » Altars
Judges 13:20 (show verse)
For when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the Angel of the Lord ascended in the altar flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this they fell on their faces to the ground.
Judges 13:21 (show verse)
The Angel of the Lord did not appear again to Manoah or his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the Angel of the Lord.
Judges 13:22 (show verse)
So Manoah said to his wife, “We will certainly die, because we have seen God.”
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » Acknowledged by the old testament saints
Conception » Miraculous » Manoah's wife
Counsel » Wives » Examples of
God » Remember » Seeing
Home » Husbands and wives » Wives' counsel, examples of
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Acknowledged by old testament saints
Manoah » A danite » Of zorah » Father of » Samson
Conception » Miraculous » Manoah's wife
Counsel » Wives » Examples of
God » Remember » Seeing
Home » Husbands and wives » Wives' counsel, examples of
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Acknowledged by old testament saints
Manoah » A danite » Of zorah » Father of » Samson
Judges 13:23 (show verse)
But his [sensible] wife said to him, “If the Lord had desired to kill us, He would not have received a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things, nor would He have announced such things as these at this time.”
Judges 13:24 (show verse)
So the woman [in due time] gave birth to a son and named him Samson; and the boy grew and the Lord blessed him.
Judges 13:25 (show verse)
And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him at times in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
The tribe of Dan » Sampson was of
Eshtaol » Samson moved by the spirit of the lord near
Holy spirit » Inspiration of » The judges » Samson
the Inspiration of the Holy Spirit » Modes of » By secret impulse
Mahaneh-dan » An encampment of the danites
Samson » A life of contrasts » Spiritual at times
Samson » A danite » son of manoah
Zorah » The city of samson
Eshtaol » Samson moved by the spirit of the lord near
Holy spirit » Inspiration of » The judges » Samson
the Inspiration of the Holy Spirit » Modes of » By secret impulse
Mahaneh-dan » An encampment of the danites
Samson » A life of contrasts » Spiritual at times
Samson » A danite » son of manoah
Zorah » The city of samson