Judges 13:1

And again the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and he betook them in [to] the hands of [the] Philistines (for) forty years.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

2Forsooth a man was of Zorah, of the kindred of Dan, (or And there was a man of Zorah, of the tribe of Dan), Manoah by name, and he had a barren wife.

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Cross References

Judges 3:7And the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgat their Lord God, and served Baalim, and Asheroth. (And the Israelites did evil before the Lord, and forgot the Lord their God, and served the Baalim, and the Asheroth.)

Judges 6:1Forsooth the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and he betook them into the hand of Midian seven years. (And the Israelites did more evil before the Lord, and he delivered them into the hands of the Midianites for seven years.)

Judges 10:7And the Lord was wroth against them, and he betook them into the hands of Philistines, and of the sons of Ammon.

1 Samuel 4:9Philistines, be ye comforted, and be ye men, serve ye not to the Hebrews, as they have served to you; be ye comforted, and fight ye against Israel. (Philistines, take ye courage, and be ye men, otherwise ye shall serve as slaves to the Hebrews, like they have served you; yea, be ye of good courage, and fight ye against Israel.)

Jeremiah 13:23If a man of Ethiopia may change his skin (colour), either a leopard may change his diversities, and ye may do well, when ye have learned evil. (Only if a man of Ethiopia can change his skin colour, or if a leopard can change his spots, then can ye still do good, after all the evil that ye have learned.)

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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