Judges 13:24

And she bore a son, and called his name Samson. And the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.

In Context

23And his wife answered him: If the Lord had a mind to kill us, he would not have received a holocaust and libations at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor have told us the things that are to come.

25And the spirit of the Lord began to be with him in the camp of Dan, between Saraa and Esthaol.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:26But the child Samuel advanced, and grew on, and pleased both the Lord and men.

Luke 1:80And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit; and was in the deserts until the day of his manifestation to Israel.

Hebrews 11:32And what shall I yet say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, Barac, Samson, Jephthe, David, Samuel, and the prophets:

Matthew Henry on Judges 13:16-24

Manoah's Alarm. ( b. c. 1161.) 15 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. 16 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 . 17 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? 18 And… Read the whole commentary →

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