23 But his wife said to him, “If the Lord had desired to kill us, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hands, nor would He have (A)shown us all these things, nor would He have let us hear things like this at this time.”

24 So the woman gave birth to a son, and named him Samson; and the (B)child grew up and the Lord blessed him. 25 And (C)the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him when he was in [a](D)Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Judges 13:25 I.e., the camp of Dan

23 But his wife answered, “If the Lord had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and grain offering from our hands, nor shown us all these things or now told us this.”(A)

24 The woman gave birth to a boy and named him Samson.(B) He grew(C) and the Lord blessed him,(D) 25 and the Spirit of the Lord began to stir(E) him while he was in Mahaneh Dan,(F) between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Read full chapter