The Birth of Samson

13 And the people of Israel again (A)did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord gave them (B)into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.

There was a certain man of (C)Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. (D)And his wife was barren and had no children. (E)And the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold, you are barren and have not borne children, but you shall conceive and bear a son. Therefore be careful (F)and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. (G)No razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be (H)a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he shall (I)begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”

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24 And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. (A)And the young man grew, and the Lord blessed him. 25 (B)And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between (C)Zorah and Eshtaol.

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