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Manoah מָנוֹחַ
Samson's father. Manoah, Samson's father from the tribe of Dan, was visited by the Angel of the Lord who announced Samson's birth.
Family
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Where Manoah appears
Judges (14)
Key verses
- Judges 13:2 first mention — And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
- Judges 13:8 — Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.
- Judges 13:9 — And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her.
- Judges 13:12 — And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?
- Judges 13:15 — And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
- Judges 13:16 — And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD.
- Judges 13:17 — And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
- Judges 13:19 — So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.
- Judges 13:20 — For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.
- Judges 13:21 — But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.
- Judges 13:22 — And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
- Judges 16:31 — Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.