Thematic Bible
Judges 13:1 (show verse)
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines 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 barren, and bare not.
Judges 13:3 (show verse)
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.
Judges 13:4 (show verse)
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
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, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no rasor 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.
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 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:
Judges 13:7 (show verse)
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.
Judges 13:8 (show verse)
Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall 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 hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her.
Judges 13:10 (show verse)
And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day.
Judges 13:11 (show verse)
And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am.
Judges 13:12 (show verse)
And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?
Judges 13:13 (show verse)
And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.
Judges 13:14 (show verse)
She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.
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)
And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
Judges 13:16 (show verse)
And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD.
Judges 13:17 (show verse)
And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
Judges 13:18 (show verse)
And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
Judges 13:19 (show verse)
So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and 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 it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.
Judges 13:21 (show verse)
But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.
Judges 13:22 (show verse)
And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely 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 wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.
Judges 13:24 (show verse)
And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
Judges 13:25 (show verse)
And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of 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