“‘For indeed you will conceive and bear a son. No razor is to touch his head, because the child will be a nazir for God from the womb. Moreover, he will begin to rescue Israel from the power of the Philistines.’ The woman came and told her husband; she said, ‘A man of God came […]

“There was a man from Tzor‘ah from the family of Dan, whose name was Manoach; his wife was barren, childless. The angel of Adonai appeared to the woman and said to her, “Listen! You are barren, you haven’t had a child, but you will conceive and bear a son.  Now, therefore, be careful not to […]

“There was a man from Tzor‘ah from the family of Dan, whose name was Manoach; his wife was barren, childless.  The angel of Adonai appeared to the woman and said to her, “Listen! You are barren, you haven’t had a child, but you will conceive and bear a son.“-Judges 13:2-3 Each Judge we’ve studied so […]

“Again the people of Israel did what was evil from Adonai’s perspective, and Adonai handed them over to the P’lishtim for forty years.”-Judges 13:1 The opening verse of Judges Chapter 13 starts with the typical announcement we’re given before each new judge cycle: “Again the people of Israel did what was evil from Adonai’s perspective…” […]

Before we dive into our text study of Judges Chapter 13, first, an important reminder concerning when certain events took place in the Bible. Here’s the deal. The adventures of Samson took place some time from around 1070 B.C. to 1050 B.C. This almost to a tee overlaps with Samuel’s era when Eli was the […]