Bible Verses About "Who Was Manoah in the Bible"
Manoah was the father of Samson, a Danite whose wife was barren until the angel of the Lord announced the birth of a Nazarite deliverer.
Manoah was the father of Samson, a Danite whose wife was barren until the angel of the Lord announced the birth of a Nazarite deliverer.
"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... For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines." — Judges 13:2-5 (KJV)
KJV Verses That Answer This Question
The Scriptures below are gathered specifically to address "Who Was Manoah in the Bible?" Each is quoted in the King James Version with a link to its full chapter.
"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... For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines."
"Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born."
"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... And his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these."
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