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Selected Verse: Judges 13:25 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Jud 13:25 |
Strong Concordance |
And the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] began [02490] to move him at times [06470] in the camp [04264] of Dan [01835] between Zorah [06881] and Eshtaol [0847]. |
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King James |
And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times--not, probably, as it moved the prophets, who were charged with an inspired message, but kindling in his youthful bosom a spirit of high and devoted patriotism.
Eshtaol--the free city. It, as well as Zorah, stood on the border between Judah and Dan. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
In the camp of Dan - Rather, "Mahaneh-Dan" (see the margin). The impulses of the Spirit of the Lord perhaps took the shape of burning indignation at the subjection of his brethren, and thoughts and plans for their deliverance, but especially showed themselves in feats of strength (Jdg 14:6; Jdg 15:14; Jdg 16:30. Compare Act 7:23-25). |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
When he had grown up, the Spirit of Jehovah began to thrust him in the camp of Dan. פּעם, to thrust, denoting the operation of the Spirit of God within him, which took possession of him suddenly, and impelled him to put forth supernatural powers. Mahaneh-dan, the camp of Dan, was the name given to the district in which the Danites who emigrated, according to Jdg 18:12, from the inheritance of their tribe, had pitched their encampment behind, i.e., to the west of, Kirjath-jearim, or according to this verse, between Zorea and Eshtaol. The situation cannot be determined precisely, as the situation of Eshtaol itself has not been discovered yet (see at Jos 15:33). It was there that Samson lived with his parents, judging from Jdg 16:31. The meaning of this verse, which forms the introduction to the following account of the acts of Samson, is simply that Samson was there seized by the Spirit of Jehovah, and impelled to commence the conflict with the Philistines. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
To move - That is, to stir him up to heroical designs; to shew forth its power in the frame of his mind, and in the strength of his body, discovered to his neighbours in extraordinary actions; to encline his heart to great attempts for the help and deliverance of God's people, to give some essays of it to his brethren, and to seek all opportunities for it. Of Dan - A place so called, either from the expedition of the Danites, Jdg 18:11-12, which though placed after this history, was done before it: or from some other camp which the Danites had formed there, to give some check to the incursions of the Philistines. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The Spirit of the Lord began to move him - He felt the degrading bondage of his countrymen, and a strong desire to accomplish something for their deliverance. These feelings and motions he had from the Divine Spirit.
Camp of Dan - Probably the place where his parents dwelt; for they were Danites, and the place is supposed to have its name from its being the spot where the Danites stopped when they sent some men of their company to rob Micah of his teraphim, etc. See Jdg 18:13-20. As he had these influences between Zorah and Eshtaol, it is evident that this was while he dwelt at home with his parents; for Zorah was the place where his father dwelt; see Jdg 13:2. Thus God began, from his infancy, to qualify him for the work to which he had called him. |
23 And [1161] when [5613] he [846] was full [4137] forty years [5063] old [5550], it came [305] into [1909] his [846] heart [2588] to visit [1980] his [846] brethren [80] the children [5207] of Israel [2474].
24 And [2532] seeing [1492] one [5100] of them suffer wrong [91], he defended [292] him, and [2532] avenged [1557] [4160] him that was oppressed [2669], and smote [3960] the Egyptian [124]:
25 For [1161] he supposed [3543] his [846] brethren [80] would have understood [4920] how [3754] that God [2316] by [1223] his [846] hand [5495] would deliver [1325] [4991] them [846]: but [1161] they understood [4920] not [3756].
30 And Samson [08123] said [0559], Let me die [04191] [05315] with the Philistines [06430]. And he bowed [05186] himself with all his might [03581]; and the house [01004] fell [05307] upon the lords [05633], and upon all the people [05971] that were therein. So the dead [04191] which he slew [04191] at his death [04194] were more [07227] than they which he slew [04191] in his life [02416].
14 And when he came [0935] unto Lehi [03896], the Philistines [06430] shouted [07321] against [07125] him: and the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] came mightily [06743] upon him, and the cords [05688] that were upon his arms [02220] became as flax [06593] that was burnt [01197] with fire [0784], and his bands [0612] loosed [04549] from off his hands [03027].
6 And the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] came mightily [06743] upon him, and he rent [08156] him as he would have rent [08156] a kid [01423], and he had nothing [03972] in his hand [03027]: but he told [05046] not his father [01] or his mother [0517] what he had done [06213].
31 Then his brethren [0251] and all the house [01004] of his father [01] came down [03381], and took [05375] him, and brought him up [05927], and buried [06912] him between Zorah [06881] and Eshtaol [0847] in the buryingplace [06913] of Manoah [04495] his father [01]. And he judged [08199] Israel [03478] twenty [06242] years [08141].
33 And in the valley [08219], Eshtaol [0847], and Zoreah [06881], and Ashnah [0823],
12 And they went up [05927], and pitched [02583] in Kirjathjearim [07157], in Judah [03063]: wherefore they called [07121] that place [04725] Mahanehdan [04265] unto this day [03117]: behold, it is behind [0310] Kirjathjearim [07157].
11 And there went [05265] from thence of the family [04940] of the Danites [01839], out of Zorah [06881] and out of Eshtaol [0847], six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376] appointed [02296] with weapons [03627] of war [04421].
12 And they went up [05927], and pitched [02583] in Kirjathjearim [07157], in Judah [03063]: wherefore they called [07121] that place [04725] Mahanehdan [04265] unto this day [03117]: behold, it is behind [0310] Kirjathjearim [07157].
2 And there was a certain [0259] man [0376] of Zorah [06881], of the family [04940] of the Danites [01839], whose name [08034] was Manoah [04495]; and his wife [0802] was barren [06135], and bare [03205] not.
13 And they passed [05674] thence unto mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], and came [0935] unto the house [01004] of Micah [04318].
14 Then answered [06030] the five [02568] men [0582] that went [01980] to spy out [07270] the country [0776] of Laish [03919], and said [0559] unto their brethren [0251], Do ye know [03045] that there is [03426] in these houses [01004] an ephod [0646], and teraphim [08655], and a graven image [06459], and a molten image [04541]? now therefore consider [03045] what ye have to do [06213].
15 And they turned [05493] thitherward, and came [0935] to the house [01004] of the young man [05288] the Levite [03881], even unto the house [01004] of Micah [04318], and saluted [07592] [07965] him.
16 And the six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376] appointed [02296] with their weapons [03627] of war [04421], which were of the children [01121] of Dan [01835], stood [05324] by the entering [06607] of the gate [08179].
17 And the five [02568] men [0582] that went [01980] to spy out [07270] the land [0776] went up [05927], and came in [0935] thither, and took [03947] the graven image [06459], and the ephod [0646], and the teraphim [08655], and the molten image [04541]: and the priest [03548] stood [05324] in the entering [06607] of the gate [08179] with the six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376] that were appointed [02296] with weapons [03627] of war [04421].
18 And these went [0935] into Micah's [04318] house [01004], and fetched [03947] the carved image [06459], the ephod [0646], and the teraphim [08655], and the molten image [04541]. Then said [0559] the priest [03548] unto them, What do [06213] ye?
19 And they said [0559] unto him, Hold thy peace [02790], lay [07760] thine hand [03027] upon thy mouth [06310], and go [03212] with us, and be to us [01961] a father [01] and a priest [03548]: is it better [02896] for thee to be a priest [03548] unto the house [01004] of one [0259] man [0376], or that thou be a priest [03548] unto a tribe [07626] and a family [04940] in Israel [03478]?
20 And the priest's [03548] heart [03820] was glad [03190], and he took [03947] the ephod [0646], and the teraphim [08655], and the graven image [06459], and went in [0935] the midst [07130] of the people [05971].