Hakim-hakim 13:23-25

13:23 But his wife said to him, “If the Lord wanted to kill us, he would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from us. ¹  He would not have shown us all these things, or have spoken to us like this just now.”

13:24 Manoah’s wife ²  gave birth to a son and named him Samson. ³  The child grew and the Lord empowered ⁴  him. 13:25 The Lord’s spirit began to control him ⁵  in Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

[13:23]  ¹ tn Heb “our hand.”

[13:24]  ² tn Heb “the woman.” For clarity this has been specified in the translation as “Manoah’s wife.”

[13:24]  ³ tn The name appears to mean “sun-like” or “solar.”

[13:24]  ⁴ tn Traditionally, “blessed.”

[13:25]  ⁵ tn Or “move him to action”; or “stir him.”