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 bore not.
Judges 13:3 (show verse)
And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman, and said to 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 razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from his birth: and he shall begin to deliver Israel from 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 to me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither did he tell me his name:
Judges 13:7 (show verse)
But he said to 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 his birth to the day of his death.
Judges 13:8 (show verse)
Then Manoah entreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God, whom thou didst send come again to us, and teach us what we shall do to 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 to 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 showed her husband, and said to him, Behold, the man hath appeared to me, that came to me the other day.
Judges 13:11 (show verse)
And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Art thou the man that didst speak to 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 to him?
Judges 13:13 (show verse)
And the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, Of all that I said to 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 to 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 to Manoah, Though thou shouldst detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt-offering, thou must offer it to the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD.
Judges 13:17 (show verse)
And Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass, we may do thee honor?
Judges 13:18 (show verse)
And the angel of the LORD said to 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 to the LORD; and the angel did wonderously, 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 ascended towards 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 to 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 to 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 showed 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 bore 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