¹¹ In that dream the Angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ and I said, ‘Here I am.’

¹⁹ Then the Angel of God,^(A) who was going in front of the Israelite forces, moved and went behind them. The pillar of cloud moved from in front of them and stood behind them.^(B)

⁶ Then the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. He looked like the awe-inspiring Angel of God. I didn’t ask Him where He came from, and He didn’t tell me His name.

⁹ God listened^(A) to^[a] Manoah, and the Angel of God came again to the woman. She was sitting in the field, and her husband Manoah was not with her.

¹⁷ Your servant thought: May the word of my lord the king bring relief, for my lord the king is able to discern the good and the bad like the Angel of God. May the Lord your God be with you.”

²⁰ Joab your servant has done this to address the issue indirectly,^[a] but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the Angel of God, knowing everything on earth.”

¹⁶ But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers,^(A) despising His words,^(B) and scoffing at His prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against His people that there was no remedy.^(C)