Judges 13:25
The LORD’s Spirit began to control him in Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
The LORD’s Spirit began to control him in Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
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24Manoah’s wife gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The child grew and the LORD empowered him.
1Samson’s Birth The Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.
2There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless.
3The LORD’s angel appeared to the woman and said to her,“You are infertile and childless, but you will conceive and have a son.
19The LORD’s Spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty men. He took their clothes and gave them to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home.
11So six hundred Danites, fully armed, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol.
12They went up and camped in Kiriath Jearim in Judah.(To this day that place is called Camp of Dan. It is west of Kiriath Jearim.)
4Now his father and mother did not realize this was the LORD’s doing, because he was looking for an opportunity to stir up trouble with the Philistines(for at that time the Philistines were ruling Israel).
5Samson went down to Timnah. When he approached the vineyards of Timnah, he saw a roaring young lion attacking him.
6The LORD’s Spirit empowered him and he tore the lion in two with his bare hands as easily as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.
7Samson continued on down to Timnah and spoke to the girl. In his opinion, she was just the right one.
29A Foolish Vow Spells Death for a Daughter The LORD’s Spirit empowered Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh and went to Mizpah in Gilead. From there he approached the Ammonites.
1The Tribe of Dan Finds an Inheritance In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel.
2The Danites sent out from their whole tribe five representatives, capable men from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them,“Go, explore the land.” They came to the Ephraimite hill country and spent the night at Micah’s house.
3As they approached Micah’s house, they recognized the accent of the young Levite. So they stopped there and said to him,“Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?”
40Dan’s Tribal Lands The seventh lot belonged to the tribe of Dan by its clans.
41Their assigned land included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,
10The LORD’s Spirit empowered him and he led Israel. When he went to do battle, the LORD handed over to him King Cushan-Rishathaim of Armon and he overpowered him.
25The Tribes on the North“On the north will be the divisions of the camp of Dan, under their standards. The leader of the people of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
20She said,“The Philistines are here, Samson!” He woke up and thought,“I will do as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not realize that the LORD had left him.
1God’s Spirit came upon Azariah son of Oded.
6Then the Spirit of the LORD will rush upon you and you will prophesy with them. You will be changed into a different person.
7“When these signs have taken place, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God will be with you.
5Look, you will conceive and have a son. You must never cut his hair, for the child will be dedicated to God from birth. He will begin to deliver Israel from the power of the Philistines.”
14When he arrived in Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they approached him. But the LORD’s Spirit empowered him. The ropes around his arms were like flax dissolving in fire, and they melted away from his hands.
31His brothers and all his family went down and brought him back. They buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had led Israel for twenty years.
8He struck them down and defeated them. Then he went down and lived for a time in the cave in the cliff of Etam.
9The Philistines went up and invaded Judah. They arrayed themselves for battle in Lehi.
34The LORD’s Spirit took control of Gideon. He blew a trumpet, summoning the Abiezrites to follow him.
1Samson Versus the Philistines Sometime later, during the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat as a gift and went to visit his bride. He said to her father,“I want to sleep with my bride in her bedroom!” But her father would not let him enter.
29They named it Dan after their ancestor, who was one of Israel’s sons. But the city’s name used to be Laish.
9God answered Manoah’s prayer. God’s angel visited the woman again while she was sitting in the field. But her husband Manoah was not with her.
22After they had gone a good distance from Micah’s house, Micah’s neighbors gathered together and caught up with the Danites.
6Then they went on to Gilead and to the region of Tahtim Hodshi, coming to Dan Jaan and on around to Sidon.
23So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. The Spirit of God came upon him as well, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
26The Danites went on their way; when Micah realized they were too strong to resist, he turned around and went home.
1Samson’s Unconsummated Marriage Samson went down to Timnah, where a Philistine girl caught his eye.
22Blessing on Dan Of Dan he said: Dan is a lion’s cub; he will leap forth from Bashan.
47(The Danites failed to conquer their territory, so they went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. They put the sword to it, took possession of it, and lived in it. They renamed it Dan after their ancestor.)
3Samson spent half the night with the prostitute; then he got up in the middle of the night and left. He grabbed the doors of the city gate, as well as the two posts, and pulled them right off, bar and all. He put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of a hill east of Hebron.
4After this Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in the Sorek Valley.
38From the descendants of Dan: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.
13So Samuel took the horn full of olive oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers. The Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day onward. Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah.
14David Appears before Saul Now the Spirit of the LORD had turned away from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD tormented him.
14Then in the midst of the assembly, the LORD’s Spirit came upon Jachaziel son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite and descendant of Asaph.
25The standard of the camp of the Danites set out, which was the rear guard of all the camps by their companies; over his company was Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
10namely, to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and over Judah all the way from Dan to Beer Sheba!”
34The Amorites forced the people of Dan to live in the hill country. They did not allow them to live in the coastal plain.
23Samson’s Death and Burial The rulers of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate. They said,“Our god has handed Samson, our enemy, over to us.”
10When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a company of prophets was coming out to meet him. Then the Spirit of God rushed upon Saul and he prophesied among them.