Judges 13:1

וַיֹּסִפוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לַעֲשׂוֹת הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה וַיִּתְּנֵם יְהוָה בְּיַד ־ פְּלִשְׁתִּים אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָֽה ׃ פ

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

In Context

2וַיְהִי אִישׁ אֶחָד מִצָּרְעָה מִמִּשְׁפַּחַת הַדָּנִי וּשְׁמוֹ מָנוֹחַ וְאִשְׁתּוֹ עֲקָרָה וְלֹא יָלָֽדָה ׃

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Cross References

Judges 3:7וַיַּעֲשׂוּ בְנֵי ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת ־ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה וַֽיִּשְׁכְּחוּ אֶת ־ יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶם וַיַּעַבְדוּ אֶת ־ הַבְּעָלִים וְאֶת ־ הָאֲשֵׁרֽוֹת ׃

Judges 6:1וַיַּעֲשׂוּ בְנֵי ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה וַיִּתְּנֵם יְהוָה בְּיַד ־ מִדְיָן שֶׁבַע שָׁנִֽים ׃

Judges 10:7וַיִּֽחַר ־ אַף יְהוָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיִּמְכְּרֵם בְּיַד ־ פְּלִשְׁתִּים וּבְיַד בְּנֵי עַמּֽוֹן ׃

1 Samuel 4:9הִֽתְחַזְּקוּ וִֽהְיוּ לַֽאֲנָשִׁים פְּלִשְׁתִּים פֶּן תַּעַבְדוּ לָעִבְרִים כַּאֲשֶׁר עָבְדוּ לָכֶם וִהְיִיתֶם לַאֲנָשִׁים וְנִלְחַמְתֶּֽם ׃

Jeremiah 13:23הֲיַהֲפֹךְ כּוּשִׁי עוֹרוֹ וְנָמֵר חֲבַרְבֻּרֹתָיו גַּם ־ אַתֶּם תּוּכְלוּ לְהֵיטִיב לִמֻּדֵי הָרֵֽעַ ׃

Matthew Henry on Judges 13:1

At this chapter begins the story of Samson, the last of the judges of Israel whose story is recorded in this book, and next before Eli. The passages related concerning him are, from first to last, very surprising and uncommon. The figure he makes in this history is really great, and yet vastly different from that of his predecessors. We never find him at the head either of a court or of an army, never upon the throne of judgment nor in the field of battle, yet, in his own proper person, a great patriot of his… Read the whole commentary →

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