Judges 13:25

And the spirit of the Lord began to be with him in the tents of Dan, betwixt Zorah and Eshtaol.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

In Context

24And so she childed a son, and called his name Samson; and the child increased (in age), and the Lord blessed him.

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Cross References

Joshua 19:41and the term of the possession thereof was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh, that is, the city of the sun, (and the border of its possession was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh, that is, the City of the Sun,)

Judges 6:34Forsooth the spirit of the Lord clothed, or full-filled, Gideon; and he sounded with a clarion, and called together the house of Abiezer, that it should follow him. (And the spirit of the Lord filled Gideon full; and he sounded with a trumpet, and called out all the house of Abiezer to follow him.)

Judges 16:31And his brethren and all his kindred came down, and took his body, and they buried it betwixt Zorah and Eshtaol, in the sepulchre of Manoah, his father; and he deemed Israel twenty years. (And his brothers and all his kindred came down, and took away his body, and they buried it between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the tomb of his father Manoah; and he had ruled Israel for twenty years.)

Judges 18:11Therefore six hundred men girded with armours of battle went forth of the kindred of Dan, that is, from Zorah and Eshtaol. (And so six hundred men of the Danites, girded with arms, or with weapons, for battle, went forth from Zorah and Eshtaol.)

1 Samuel 11:6And the Spirit of the Lord fell at once into Saul, when he had heard these words, and his fierce wrath was greatly stirred.

John 3:34But he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God; for not to measure God giveth the Spirit.

Matthew Henry on Judges 13:25

The Birth of Samson. ( b. c. 1161.) 24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him. 25 And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. Here is, 1. Samson's birth. The woman that had been long barren bore a son, according to the promise; for no word of God shall fall to the ground. Hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? 2. His name, Samson, has been derived by some, from Shemesh, the sun, turned into a… Read the whole commentary →

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