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
.
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.
And the angel of the LORD
appeared
unto the woman
, and said
unto her, Behold now, thou art barren
, and bearest
not: but thou shalt conceive
, and bear
a son
.
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink
not wine
nor strong drink
, and eat
not any unclean
thing :
For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear
a son
; and no razor
shall come
on his head
: for the child
shall be a Nazarite
unto God
from the womb
: and he shall begin
to deliver
Israel
out of the hand
of the Philistines
.
Then the woman came
and told
her husband
, saying
, A man
of God
came
unto me, and his countenance
was like the countenance
of an angel
of God
, very
terrible
: but I asked
him not whence he was , neither told
he me his name
:
But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive
, and bear
a son
; and now drink
no wine
nor strong drink
, neither eat
any unclean
thing : for the child
shall be a Nazarite
to God
from the womb
to the day
of his death
.
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
.
And God hearkened
to the voice
of Manoah
; and the angel
of God
came again
unto the woman
as she sat
in the field
: but Manoah
her husband
was not with her.
And the woman made haste
, and ran
, and shewed
her husband
, and said
unto him, Behold, the man
hath appeared
unto me, that came
unto me the other day
.
And Manoah arose
, and went
after
his wife
, and came
to the man
, and said
unto him, Art thou the man
that spakest
unto the woman
? And he said
, I am .
And Manoah said
, Now let thy words
come to pass
. How shall we order
the child
, and how shall we do
unto him?
And the angel of the LORD
said
unto Manoah
, Of all that I said
unto the woman
let her beware
.
She may not eat of any thing that cometh
of the vine
, neither let her drink
wine
or strong drink
, nor eat
any unclean
thing : all that I commanded
her let her observe
.
And Manoah said
unto the angel
of the LORD
, I pray thee, let us detain
thee, until we shall have made ready
a kid
for
thee.
And the angel of the LORD
said
unto Manoah
, Though thou detain
me, I will not eat
of thy bread
: and if
thou wilt offer
a burnt offering
, thou must offer
it unto the LORD
. For Manoah
knew
not that he was an angel
of the LORD
.
And Manoah said
unto the angel
of the LORD
, What is thy name
, that when thy sayings
come to pass
we may do thee honour
?
And the angel of the LORD
said
unto him, Why askest
thou thus after my name
, seeing it is secret
?
So Manoah took
a kid
with a meat offering
, and offered
it upon a rock
unto the LORD
: and the angel did
wondrously
; and Manoah
and his wife
looked on
.
For it came to pass, when the flame went up
toward heaven
from off the altar
, that the angel
of the LORD
ascended
in the flame
of the altar
. And Manoah
and his wife
looked on
it , and fell on
their faces
to the ground
.
But the angel of the LORD
did no more
appear
to Manoah
and to his wife
. Then Manoah
knew
that he was an angel
of the LORD
.
And Manoah said
unto his wife
, We shall surely
die
, because we have seen
God
.
But his wife said
unto him, If
the LORD
were pleased
to kill
us, he would not have received
a burnt offering
and a meat offering
at our hands
, neither would he have shewed
us all these things , nor would as at this time
have told
us such things as these
.
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
between Zorah
and Eshtaol
.