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Manoah

Mentioned in 14 verses, first in Judges 13:2. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

In the Bible

The first 10 of 14 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Judges

  • 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.

  • Judges 13:15

    “Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”

  • Judges 13:16

    And the angel of the LORD replied, “Even if I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD.” For Manoah did not know that it was the angel of the LORD.

  • Judges 13:17

    Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes to pass?”

  • Judges 13:19

    Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife looked on, the LORD did a marvelous thing.

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

Rest, a Danite, the father of Samson (Judg. 13:1-22, and 14:2-4).

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