23 But his wife said unto him, If the Lord would kill us, he would not have received a [a]burnt offering, and a meat offering of our hands, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would now have told us any such.

24 ¶ And the wife bore a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.

25 And the Spirit of the Lord began to [b]strengthen him in the host of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 13:23 These graces that we have received of God, and his accepting of our obedience, are sure tokens of his love toward us, so that nothing can hurt us.
  2. Judges 13:25 Or, to come upon him at divers times.

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