Judges 13:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the children of Israel did evila again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. ”

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

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 ....
Judges 13:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Birth of Samson. Judges 13:1 . D's usual introduction. Judges 13:2 . Zorah (p. 31) is now Sar-' a, 800 ft. above the valley of Sorek (Wady es-Surâ r), 17 m. W. of Jerusalem. In Joshua 15...
Judges 13:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

children . sons. did evil again . Hebrew added to commit. evil. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. forty years. 1120-1080.
Judges 13:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Delivered them into the hand of the Philistines - It does...
Judges 13:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The Israelites are oppressed forty years by the Philistines: an angel appears to the wife of Manoah, and promises her a son: he appears again to the husband and wife, and ascends, in the midst of t...
Judges 13:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. The Lord delivered them into the hand of the Phil...
Judges 13:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Philistine Oppression: see on Judges 3:8 . 2-25. The Birth and Parentage of Samson.
Judges 13:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Did evil again. — Judges 3:7 ; Judges 4:1 ; Judges 6:1-11 ; Judges 10:6 . Of the Philistines. — Hitherto the nation has only been cursorily mentioned ( Judges 3:31 ; Judges 10:7-11 ); from...
Judges 13:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE ANGEL IN THE FIELD Judges 13:1-18 IN our ignorance not in our knowledge, in our blindness not in our light, we call nature secular and think of the ordinary course of events as a series of...
Judges 13:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Promise of a Nazarite Champion Judges 13:1-14 The secret of Samson's strength was a puzzle to his contemporaries. Even Delilah could not account for it, Judges 16:5-6 . Clearly, then, it d...
Judges 13:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Once again we read that "Israel again did that which was evil," and once again they were delivered to discipline at the hands of their enemies. In this connection we have one of the strangest stories...
Judges 13:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This chapter commenceth with another sad account of Israel's transgression, and the consequent punishment from the Lord. We have in it also, the relation of the birth of Samson, and the mes...
Judges 13:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Judges 13:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 1. And the children of Israel did evil again in t...
Judges 13:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 h...
Judges 13:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

AMSON'S BIRTH PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED (vv. 1-25) After this, because of Israel's further disobedience, the Lord brought them under bondage to the Philistines for forty long years (v. 1). In this ca...
Judges 13:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

An Angel Appears to Manoah's Wife. B. C. 1161. 1 And the children of Israel did evil aga...
Judges 13:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

JUDGES CHAPTER 13 The Philistines again oppress Israel, Judges 13:1 . An angel appeareth to Manoah's wife, promising her a son that should be a Nazarite, and deliver Israel, Judges 13:2-5 . S...
Judges 13:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Samson the Deliverer God's Sixth Lesson - the Rise of the Philistines - God Raises Up Samson ( Judges 13:1 to Judges 16:31 ). The story of Samson is one of the most remarkable in the Bible. It...
Judges 13:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

NEW OPPRESSORS AND A NEW DELIVERER In fixing the date at which Samson appeared, it must be remembered that great diversity of opinion exists, as to the exact chronology of the whole period between t...
Judges 13:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 13:16 I. We must first ask what principles, regarding the way in which God works deliverance for man, were taught by Samson. (1) The first principle impressed on the minds of his contempora...
Judges 13:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Eg...
Judges 13:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Manoah; and his wife. The angelic appearances to Manoah and his wife I. The unknown visitor. Manoah’s wife was just the woman to be visited by an angel--bold, energetic, large-hearted, believin...
Judges 13:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 13:1 Did evil again . It by no means follows from this phrase that this chapter is in direct chronological sequence to the preceding The scene is shifted to the tribe of...
Judges 13:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, they fell back into their former ways of idolatry, adding to the transgression of their fathers; and the Lord delivered them into...
Judges 13:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 12:9 ; Jeremiah 13:23 ; Judges 10:6 ; Judges 2:11 ; Judges 3:7 ; Judges 4:1 ; Judges 6:1 ; Romans 2:6
Judges 13:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Did evil — That is, fell into idolatry, not after the death of Abdon the last judge, but in the days of the former judges. Forty years — To be computed, not from Abdon's death, but before that time...

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

Judges 13:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 13:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 13:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 13:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 13:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 13:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 13:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 13:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 13:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 13:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 13:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 13:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 13:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 13:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 13:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 13:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 13:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 13:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 13:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 13:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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

Judges 13:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 13:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 13:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 13:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 13:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes