Judges 13:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments

Then Manoah entreated Yahweh, and said, “Oh my Lord, I pray you, let the man of God whom you sent come again to us and teach us what we shall do to the child who will be born.” '

Manoah stands out here as the firm believer in Yahweh. He recognised Who it was Who had revealed Himself, and so he prayed to ‘Yahweh'. He was clearly not convinced by his wife's message as to what should be done and prayed for clarification and confirmation. She had been too vague. The whole circumstance was unusual.

Judges 13:8

8 Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.