9 occurrences in 7 translations

'Surprise' in the Bible

So Abimelech and the people with him got up by night, in four bands, to make a surprise attack on Shechem.

Verse ConceptsFour Groups

When Jephthah arrived at his home in Mizpah surprise! it was his daughter who came out to meet him, playing tambourines and dancing. She was his one and only child. Except for her, he had no other son or daughter.

Verse ConceptsdanceDancingLeisure, And PastimesMusical Instruments, types ofVirginChildren, Good Examples OfThe Only ChildMeeting PeopleMusic To CelebrateOnly Child Of Peopleprepping

because surprise! you're going to conceive and give birth to a son! Don't put a razor to his head, because the young man will be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from inside the womb. He will begin to deliver Israel from domination by the Philistines."

Verse ConceptsBaldness, UnnaturalBaldnessHairsHeadsDeliverersConceptionSeparated To GodFrom The Womb

He told me, "Surprise! you're going to conceive and give birth to a son!' and as for you, "Be sure that you don't drink wine or anything intoxicating, and don't eat anything unclean,' "because the young man will be a Nazirite dedicated to God from inside the womb' until the day he dies."

Verse ConceptsAlcohol ConsumptionStrong DrinkPollution ForbiddenFrom The WombDrinking No WineAlcoholic BeveragesHaving A Babybeeralcoholism

Then Samson went down in the direction of Timnah with his father and mother and arrived as far as the vineyards of Timnah. And surprise! a young lion came roaring at him!

Verse ConceptsLionsVineyardChampionsIn Danger From Lions

So Israel put men secretly all round Gibeah to make a surprise attack on it.

So all the men of Israel got up and put themselves in fighting order at Baal-tamar: and those who had been waiting secretly to make a surprise attack came rushing out of their place on the west of Geba.

So the children of Benjamin saw that they were overcome: and the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, putting their faith in the watchers who were to make the surprise attack on Gibeah.

Verse ConceptsUnreliabilityTrusting Other People

Now the sign fixed between the men of Israel and those making the surprise attack was that when they made a pillar of smoke go up from the town,

Verse ConceptsSmokeBurning Cities

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