Judges 13:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. ”

Judges 13:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Samson - The etymology is doubtful. Perhaps it comes from a word signifying “to minister,” in allusion to his Nazaritic consecration to the service of God.
Judges 13:24 - 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 13:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

called his name . called him. Figure of speech Pleonasm. App-6. grew. Israel waited twenty years for deliverance. Compare Judges 15:20 ; Judges 16:31 .
Judges 13:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. And called his name Samson - The original שמשון shimshon, which is from the root שמש shamash, to se...
Judges 13:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Called his name Samson— It is not easy to determine the derivation of this word. That of those who derive it from שׁמשׁ Shemesh, the Sun, seems the most probable; Samson's birth being, as some...
Judges 13:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. The woman bare a son, and called his name Samson. The birth of this child of promise, and t...
Judges 13:24 - 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 13:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Samson. — Josephus renders the word “strong” (ἰσχυρός) , deriving it from a root ( shameem ) , and perhaps not unwilling to suggest an analogy between Samson and the Greek Hercules. St. Jerome, r...
Judges 13:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

SAMSON PLUNGING INTO LIFE Judges 13:24-25 ; Judges 14:1-20 Or all who move before us in the Book of Judges Samson is preeminently the popular hero. In rude giant strength and wild daring he st...
Judges 13:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Promise Fulfilled Judges 13:15-25 Manoah's wife comforted her husband with admirable tact. How often her words come back to us, at the different stages of life! The fact that God continues...
Judges 13:24 - 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 13:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Samson, like Shemesh, signifies a sun: probably typical of Him, who is emphatically called, the Sun of righteousness. Malachi 4:2 . And perhaps in allusion to his great strength. For the sun is said...
Judges 13:24 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE HEBREW HERCULES ‘And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him. And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan be...
Judges 13:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the woman bare a son, and called name Samson ,.... After these appearances were over, Manoah and his wife returned to their habitation, and she soon became pregnant, and at the usual course of t...
Judges 13:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. Ver. 24. And called his name Samson. ] That is, Solilus, a little sun, a type of Christ "the S...
Judges 13:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord blessed him That is, endowed him with all those graces and gifts of mind and body which were necessary for the work he was designed for. The Spirit of the Lord began to move him To excit...
Judges 13:24 - 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 13:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Birth of Samson. B. C. 1161. 24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Sams...
Judges 13:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Endowed him with all those graces and gifts of mind and body which were necessary for the work he was designed for.
Judges 13:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson (Shimshon), and the child grew, and Yahweh blessed him.' Eventually the son was born as Yahweh had promised, and they gave him the name Shim...
Judges 13:24 - 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 13:24 - 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 13:24 - 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 13:24 - 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 13:24 - 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 13:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Second Appearance of the Angel
Judges 13:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 3:19 ; Hebrews 11:32 ; Luke 1:80 ; Luke 2:52
Judges 13:24 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Samson Judges Israel Judges 13:11-25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The period of the Judges revealed times immediately following the death of Joshua. 1. The period of the Judges, as a whole, is summed...
Judges 13:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Blessed him — That is, endowed him with all those graces and gifts of mind and body which were necessary for the work he was designed for.

Judges 13:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 13:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 13:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 13:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 13:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 13:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 13:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 13:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 13:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 13:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 13:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 13:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 13:24 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Judges 13:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 13:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 13:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 13:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 13:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 13:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 13:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 13:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 13:24 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 13:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 13:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 13:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 13:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 13:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 13:24 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Judges 13:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes