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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 13:1-7

The first verse gives us a short account, such as we have too often met with already, of the great distress that Israel was in, which gave occasion for the raising up of a deliverer. They did evil, as they had done, in the sight of the Lord, and then God delivered them, as he had done, into the hands of their enemies. If there had been no sin, there would have needed no Saviour; but sin was suffered to abound, that grace might much more abound. The enemies God now sold them to were the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 13:1

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord ,.... Committed idolatry, which was the evil they were prone unto, and were frequently guilty of: and the Lord delivered them into the hands of the Philistines forty years : which according to Josephus F6 Ibid. (Antiqu. l. 5.) c. 8. sect. 1. are to be reckoned from the death of the last judge, and the time of Samson's birth; or rather from some time after the death of Jephthah, particularly taking in the two last years of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 13:2

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites ,.... Of the tribe of Dan, in which tribe Zorah was, and seems to have lain both on the borders of Judah and Dan, Joshua 15:33 ; See Gill on Joshua 15:33 ; see Gill on Joshua 19:41 , and this man was not a mean man, but of rank and figure, a principal man in the country, according to Josephus F7 Antique. l. 5. c. 8. sect. 2. ; though the Talmudists F8 T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 61. 1. say he was a plebeian: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 13:3

And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman ,.... According to Josephus F11 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 8. sect. 2. , it was in a plain without the city; and that he appeared in the form of a man is certain from Judges 13:6 but was not a mere man, a prophet of the Lord, nor a created angel, but the uncreated one, the Angel of the covenant, the Son and Word of God, who often appeared in an human form; since his name is said to be "Wonderful", and he to do wonderful things, and is called... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 13:1

Delivered them into the hand of the Philistines - It does not appear that after Shamgar, to the present time, the Philistines were in a condition to oppress Israel, or God had not permitted them to do it; but now they have a commission, the Israelites having departed from the Lord. Nor is it evident that the Philistines had entirely subjected the Israelites, as there still appears to have been a sort of commerce between the two people. They had often vexed and made inroads upon... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 13:2

A certain man of Zorah - A town in the tribe of Judah, but afterwards given to Dan. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 13:3

The angel of the Lord - Generally supposed to have been the same that appeared to Moses, Joshua, Gideon, etc., and no other than the second person of the ever-blessed Trinity. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 13:1

The Philistines have been mentioned as oppressors of Israel in Judges 3:31; Judges 10:7, Judges 10:11; and the Israelite worship of the gods of the Philistines is spoken of in Judges 10:6. But this is the first time that we have any detailed history in connection with the Philistines. They continned to be the prominent enemies of Israel until the time of David.Forty years - The Philistine dominion began before the birth of Samson Judges 13:5, and was in force during Samson’s twenty years’... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 13:2

Zorah - See the marginal reference.His wife was barren - To mark more distinctly the high providential destiny of the child that was eventually born. Compare the similar circumstances of the birth of Isaac, Jacob, Samuel, and John the Baptist. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 13:1

Judges 13:1. The children of Israel did evil again That is, fell into idolatry, not, it seems, after the death of Abdon, the last judge, but in the days of the former judges. The Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines These were a very inconsiderable people. They had but five cities of any note. And yet, when God used them as a staff in his hand, they were very oppressive and vexatious. Forty years To be computed, not from Abdon’s death, but before that time. This is the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 13:1-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 13:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 13:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 13:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 13:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 13:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 13:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 13:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 13:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 13:1

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