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Judges 13:2

Judges 13:2 is verse 2 of Judges chapter 13, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and childless.

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Judges 13:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.

2 Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.

3 The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.

4 Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.

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Hebrew words

וַיְהִי֩and he was אִ֨ישׁa man אֶחָ֧דone מִצָּרְעָ֛הfrom Zorah מִמִּשְׁפַּ֥חַתfrom [the] clan of הַדָּנִ֖יthe Danite[s]וּשְׁמ֣וֹand name his מָנ֑וֹחַ[was] Manoah וְאִשְׁתּ֥וֹand wife his עֲקָרָ֖ה[was] barren וְלֹ֥אand not יָלָֽדָהshe had borne children

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Joshua 15:33
These were in the foothills: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,

Joshua 19:41
The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,

Genesis 16:1
Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.

Genesis 25:21
Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

1 Samuel 1:2
He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.

1 Samuel 1:3
Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.

1 Samuel 1:4
And whenever the day came for Elkanah to present his sacrifice, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.

1 Samuel 1:5
But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.

1 Samuel 1:6
Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously.

Luke 1:7
But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.

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