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and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>for, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head: for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of God, very terrible; and I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name: <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>but he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb to the day of his death.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Manoah entreated the LORD, and said, Oh Lord, I pray thee, let the man of God whom thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do onto the child that shall be born. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the woman made haste, and ran, and told her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass: what shall be the manner of the child, and what shall be his work? <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make ready a kid for thee. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt make ready a burnt offering, thou must offer it onto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was the angel of the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy words come to pass we may do thee honour? <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore askest thou after my name, seeing it is wonderful? <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So Manoah took the kid with the meal offering, and offered it upon the rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>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; and they fell on their faces to the ground.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meal offering at our hand, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would at this time have told us such things as these.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And the spirit of the LORD began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../judges/12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Judges 12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Judges 12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../judges/14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Judges 14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Judges 14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/judges/13-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>