Judges 13:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

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

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...
Judges 13:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name [was] Manoah; and his wife [was] (a) barren, and bare not. (a) Signifying that their deliverance came only from God, an...
Judges 13:2 - 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 13:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-4.
Judges 13:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. A certain man of Zorah - A town in the tribe of Judah, but afterw...
Judges 13:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Zorah - a Danite town ( Joshua 15:33 ), lying on the common b...
Judges 13:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Story of Samson Except for Judges 15:20 and Judges 16:31 , Samson has none of the characteristics of a Judge. His exploits against the Philistines are all solitary, and though they doubtles...
Judges 13:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

There was a certain man.... — The narrative of the birth of Samuel ( 1 Samuel 1:1 ) is similarly introduced. Zoran. — The name means “place of hornets.” In Joshua 15:33 it is mentioned with Es...
Judges 13:2 - 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 13:2 - 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 13:2 - 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 13:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Dan was one of the tribes of Israel. And this tribe lay near the Philistines' country. Jacob prophesied concerning this tribe, that Dan should judge his people. Perhaps this prophecy had its fulfillm...
Judges 13:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 ;...
Judges 13:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 2. A certain man of Zorah. ] Samson's country, much ennob...
Judges 13:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Of the family of the Danites That is, of that tribe or people. His wife was barren, and bare not An emphatical repetition of the same thing in other words, which is a usual elegance both in Scrip...
Judges 13:2 - 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 13:2 - 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 13:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Zorah; a city, of which see Joshua 15:33 , Joshua 19:41 . Of the family, i.e. of the tribe or people, as family sometimes signifies, Joshua 7:17 Jeremiah 8:3 , Jeremiah 10:25 Amos 3:1...
Judges 13:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah, and his wife was barren, and did not bare.' Zorah (modern Sar‘ah?) was a town in the lowlands of Judah...
Judges 13:2 - 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 13:2 - 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 13:2 - 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 13:2 - 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 13:2 - 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 13:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The First Appearance of the Angel
Judges 13:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 1:2-6 ; Genesis 16:1 ; Genesis 25:21 ; Joshua 15:33 ; Joshua 19:41 ; Luke 1:7
Judges 13:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Of the family — That is, of the tribe or people. Bare not — An emphatical repetition of the same thing in other words, which is an usual elegancy both in scripture and other authors.

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

Judges 13:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 13:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 13:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 13:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 13:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 13:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 13:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 13:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 13:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 13:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 13:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 13:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 13:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 13:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 13:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 13:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 13:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 13:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 13:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 13:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 13:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 13:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 13:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 13:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 13:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 13:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes