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Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Judges 13:1-25

Chapter 13[Now, again] The children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years. There was a certain man from Zorah, he was of the tribe of Dan, and his name was Manoah; and his wife was barren ( Judges 13:1-2 ),And one day she was out in the field and an angel of the Lord visited her there in the field. And told her that she was going to become pregnant, she was going to bare a son and through her son God was... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Judges 13:1-25

Judges 13:1 . Forty years. There are no exact dates of the commencement and termination of this servitude. Therefore to harmonize it with the four hundred and eighty years from the going out of Egypt, to the fourth year of Solomon, 1 Kings 16:1, nearly twenty years of this oppression must have expired on the birth of Samson. Consequently, it must have commenced about the end of Ibzan’s presidency. Judges 13:3 . The angel of the Lord appeared. He is called the angel of the Lord, Genesis... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Judges 13:1-25

Judges 13:1-25Manoah; and his wife.The angelic appearances to Manoah and his wifeI. The unknown visitor. Manoah’s wife was just the woman to be visited by an angel--bold, energetic, large-hearted, believing. God’s gifts are regulated in their extent by our capacity for receiving them. We should have diviner visitations if we were fitted for them, or could appreciate them.II. The fearful inference. We never get into the presence of the supernatural, but we are ready to say, “Let not God speak... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 13:12

Jdg 13:12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and [how] shall we do unto him? Ver. 12. How shall we order the child? ] Or, What shall be his office and his work? This their solicitude about the child was very commendable. Let it be parents’ care, that “ Ipsa Deo blandos fundant cunabula flores. ” - Virg. Careless parents are a kind of parricides, peremptores potius quam parentes, saith Bernard. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Judges 13:12

How shall we order the child: Heb. what shall be the manner of the child, Genesis 18:19, Proverbs 4:4, Proverbs 22:6, Ephesians 6:4 how shall we do unto him: or, what shall he do, Heb. what shall be his work read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Judges 13:12

And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?Let thy words — Or, thy words shall come to pass: I firmly believe thy promises shall be fulfilled.How — What rules shall we observe about his education? read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 13:12

12. Manoah said Manoah’s words are not correctly rendered in our English version, but should read, Now thy words shall come to pass; what shall be the manner of the child and his work? The former sentence has the relation of a protasis to the following, as, When thy words come to pass, what shall be, etc.? By the manner and work of the child, Manoah meant both their manner and work towards their son, as expressed in the English version, and also his manner and work towards them and... read more