Lux Domini

Judges  13:2

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.

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Interpretation

Israel did evil: then God delivered them again into the hands of the Philistines. When Israel was in this distress, Samson was born.

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This thought runs through Judges 13:2-5.

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Glossary

Manoah Person
Rest, a Danite, the father of Samson ( Judg. 13:1-22 , and 14:2-4).
Zorah Place
Place of wasps, a town in the low country of Judah, afterwards given to Dan ( Josh. 19:41 ; Judg. 18:2 ), probably the same as Zoreah ( Josh. 15:33 ). This was Samson’s birthplace. Modern identification: Tel Tzora.