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Manoah
Rest, a Danite, the father of Samson (Judg. 13:1-22, and 14:2-4).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(rest), the father of Samson; a Danite, native of the town of Zorah. (Judges 13:2) (B.C. 1161) [Samson]
In the Bible
14
Verses where Manoah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Judges 13:2
Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
- Judges 13:8
Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”
- Judges 13:9
And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.
- Judges 13:11
So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” “I am,” he said.
- Judges 13:12
Then Manoah asked, “When your words come to pass, what will be the boy’s rule of life and mission?”
- Judges 13:13
So the angel of the LORD answered Manoah, “Your wife is to do everything I told her.
+8 more verses naming Manoah.
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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