13:1 And
the
people
of
Israel
again
did
what
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
LORD,
so
the
LORD
gave
them
into
the
hand
of
the
Philistines
for
forty
years.
13:2 There
was
a
certain
man
of
Zorah,
of
the
tribe
of
the
Danites,
whose
name
was
Manoah.
And
his
wife
was
barren
and
had
no
children.
13:3 And
the
angel
of
the
LORD
appeared
to
the
woman
and
said
to
her,
"Behold,
you
are
barren
and
have
not
borne
children,
but
you
shall
conceive
and
bear
a
son.
13:4 Therefore
be
careful
and
drink
no
wine
or
strong
drink,
and
eat
nothing
unclean,
13:5 for
behold,
you
shall
conceive
and
bear
a
son.
No
razor
shall
come
upon
his
head,
for
the
child
shall
be
a
Nazirite
to
God
from
the
womb,
and
he
shall
begin
to
save
Israel
from
the
hand
of
the
Philistines."
13:6 Then
the
woman
came
and
told
her
husband,
"A
man
of
God
came
to
me,
and
his
appearance
was
like
the
appearance
of
the
angel
of
God,
very
awesome.
I
did
not
ask
him
where
he
was
from,
and
he
did
not
tell
me
his
name,
13:7 but
he
said
to
me,
'Behold,
you
shall
conceive
and
bear
a
son.
So
then
drink
no
wine
or
strong
drink,
and
eat
nothing
unclean,
for
the
child
shall
be
a
Nazirite
to
God
from
the
womb
to
the
day
of
his
death.'"
13:8 Then
Manoah
prayed
to
the
LORD
and
said,
"O
Lord,
please
let
the
man
of
God
whom
you
sent
come
again
to
us
and
teach
us
what
we
are
to
do
with
the
child
who
will
be
born."
13:9 And
God
listened
to
the
voice
of
Manoah,
and
the
angel
of
God
came
again
to
the
woman
as
she
sat
in
the
field.
But
Manoah
her
husband
was
not
with
her.
13:10 So
the
woman
ran
quickly
and
told
her
husband,
"Behold,
the
man
who
came
to
me
the
other
day
has
appeared
to
me."
13:11 And
Manoah
arose
and
went
after
his
wife
and
came
to
the
man
and
said
to
him,
"Are
you
the
man
who
spoke
to
this
woman"
And
he
said,
"I
am."
13:12 And
Manoah
said,
"Now
when
your
words
come
true,
what
is
to
be
the
child's
manner
of
life,
and
what
is
his
mission"
13:13 And
the
angel
of
the
LORD
said
to
Manoah,
"Of
all
that
I
said
to
the
woman
let
her
be
careful.
13:14 She
may
not
eat
of
anything
that
comes
from
the
vine,
neither
let
her
drink
wine
or
strong
drink,
or
eat
any
unclean
thing.
All
that
I
commanded
her
let
her
observe."
13:15 Manoah
said
to
the
angel
of
the
LORD,
"Please
let
us
detain
you
and
prepare
a
young
goat
for
you."
13:16 And
the
angel
of
the
LORD
said
to
Manoah,
"If
you
detain
me,
I
will
not
eat
of
your
food.
But
if
you
prepare
a
burnt
offering,
then
offer
it
to
the
LORD."
(For
Manoah
did
not
know
that
he
was
the
angel
of
the
LORD.)
13:17 And
Manoah
said
to
the
angel
of
the
LORD,
"What
is
your
name,
so
that,
when
your
words
come
true,
we
may
honor
you"
13:18 And
the
angel
of
the
LORD
said
to
him,
"Why
do
you
ask
my
name,
seeing
it
is
wonderful"
13:19 So
Manoah
took
the
young
goat
with
the
grain
offering,
and
offered
it
on
the
rock
to
the
LORD,
to
the
one
who
works
wonders,
and
Manoah
and
his
wife
were
watching.
13:20 And
when
the
flame
went
up
toward
heaven
from
the
altar,
the
angel
of
the
LORD
went
up
in
the
flame
of
the
altar.
Now
Manoah
and
his
wife
were
watching,
and
they
fell
on
their
faces
to
the
ground.
13:21 The
angel
of
the
LORD
appeared
no
more
to
Manoah
and
to
his
wife.
Then
Manoah
knew
that
he
was
the
angel
of
the
LORD.
13:22 And
Manoah
said
to
his
wife,
"We
shall
surely
die,
for
we
have
seen
God."
13:23 But
his
wife
said
to
him,
"If
the
LORD
had
meant
to
kill
us,
he
would
not
have
accepted
a
burnt
offering
and
a
grain
offering
at
our
hands,
or
shown
us
all
these
things,
or
now
announced
to
us
such
things
as
these."
13:24 And
the
woman
bore
a
son
and
called
his
name
Samson.
And
the
young
man
grew,
and
the
LORD
blessed
him.
13:25 And
the
Spirit
of
the
LORD
began
to
stir
him
in
Mahaneh-dan,
between
Zorah
and
Eshtaol.