Judges 13:20
The Scripture
(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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Judges 13 records the birth of Samson, foretold by the Angel of the Lord to the barren wife of Manoah, a Danite from Zorah, while Israel was oppressed by the Philistines for forty years. The child was to be a lifelong Nazarite who would begin to deliver Israel, so his mother was to abstain from wine, strong drink, and unclean food. The chapter closes with the birth of Samson, the blessing of the Lord on the boy, and the Spirit of the Lord beginning to move him in the camp of Dan.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
II Kings 2:11Psalms 47:5Hebrews 1:3Genesis 17:3Leviticus 9:24I Chronicles 21:16I Chronicles 21:26Ezekiel 1:26Ezekiel 1:28Daniel 10:9Matthew 17:6
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