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39 And it came to pass at the End of two Months, that fhe returned unto her Father, who did with her according to his Vow which he had vowed: and she knew no Man. And it was a Custom in Ifrael,

40 That the Daughters of Ifrael went yearly to lament the Daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four Days in a Year.

CHA P. XII.

1 The Ephraimites quarrelling with Jephthah, and difcerned by Shibboleth, are flain by the Gileadites. 7 Jephthah dieth. 8 Ibzan, 11 Elon, 13 and Abdon judged Ifrael.

CHAP. XIII.

Ifrael is oppreffed by the Philistines. 2 An Angel appeareth to Manoah's Wife. 8 The Angel appeareth to Manoah. 15 Manoah's Sacrifice, whereby the Angel is difcovered. 24 Samfon is born.

Ver. 1 ND the Children of Ifrael did evil again in the fight of the LORD, and the LORD delivered them

into the Hand of the Philistines forty Years.

2 And there was a certain Man of Zorah, of the Family of the Danites, whofe Name was Manoah, and his Wife was barren and bare not.

3 And the Angel of the LORD appeared unto the Woman, and faid unto her, Behold now, thou art barren and bearest not but thou fhalt conceive, and bear a Son.

4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not Wine, nor Strong drink, and eat not any unclean Thing.

5 For lo, thou fhalt conceive, and bear a Son, and no Razor fhall come on his Head: for the Child fhall be a NAZARITE unto God from the Womb: and he fhall begin to deliver Ifrael out of the Hand of the Philistines.

6 Then the Woman came and told her Husband, faying, A Man of GOD came unto me, and his Countenance was like the Countenance of an ANGEL of GOD, very TERRIBLE but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his Name.

8 Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and faid, O my LORD, let the Man of GOD which thou didst fend, come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the Child that fhall be born.

9 And

9 And God hearkned to the Voice of Manoah; and the ANGEL of GOD came again unto the Woman as fhe fat in the Field: but Manoah her Husband was not with her.

io And the Woman made hafte, and ran and fhewed her Hufband, and faid unto him, Behold, the Man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other Day.

II And Manoah arofe, and went after his Wife, and came to the Man, and faid unto him, Art thou the Man that spakest unto the Woman? And he faid, I am.

12 And Manoah faid, Now let thy Words come to pass: How fhall we order the Child, and how fhall we do unto him?

13 And the ANGEL of the LORD faid unto Manoah, Of all that I faid unto the Woman, let her beware.

14 She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the Vine, neither let her drink Wine or Strong drink, nor eat any unclean Thing all that I commanded her, let her obferve.

15 And Manoah faid unto the Angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee until we shall have made ready a Kid for thee.

16 And the Angel of the LORD faid unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy Bread and if thou wilt offer a Burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD for Manoah knew not that he was an Angel of the LORD.

17 And Manoah faid unto the Angel of the LORD, What is thy Name, that when thy Sayings come to pafs, we may do thee Honour ?

18 And the Angel of the LORD faid unto him, Why askeft thou thus after my Name, feeing it is SECRET?

19 So Manoah took a Kid, with a Meat-offering, and offered it upon a Rock unto the LORD: And the Angel did wondroufly, and Manoah and his Wife looked on.

20 For it came to pass, when the Flame went up toward Heaven from off the Altar, that the Angel of the LORD af cended in the Flame of the Altar: and Manoah and his Wife looked on it, and fell on their Faces to the Ground.

21 (But the Angel of the Manoah and to his Wife.) was an Angel of the LORD.

LORD did no more appear to
Then Manoah knew that he

zz And Manoah faid unto his Wife, We fhall furely die, because we have feen GOD.

23 But his Wife faid 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 fhewed us all these Things, nor would as at this time have told us fuch Things as thefe.

24 And the Woman bare a Son, and called his Name Samfon and the Child grew, and the LORD BLESSED him.

25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at Times in the Camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

CHA P. XIV.

1 Samfon defireth a Wife of the Philistines: 5 In his Journey he Killeth a Lion: 10 His Marriage-feaft, 12 and Riddle: 19 He fpoileth thirty Philiftines: 20 His Wife is married to another.

Ver. 1

A

Philistines.

ND Samfon went down to Timnath, and faw a
Woman in Timnath, of the Daughters of the

2 And he came up and told his Father, and his Mother, and faid, I have feen a Woman in Timnath of the Daughters of the Philiftines: now therefore get her for me to Wife.

3 Then his Father and Mother faid unto him, Is there never a Woman among the Daughters of thy Brethren, or among all my People, that thou goeft to take a Wife of the uncircumcifed Philiftines? and Samfon faid unto his Father, Get her for me, for fhe pleaseth me well.

4 But his Father and his Mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he fought an Occafion against the Philiftines for at that time the Philiftines had Dominion over Ifrael.

5 Then went Samfon down, and his Father, and his Mother, to Timnath, and came to the Vineyards of Timnath and behold, a young Lion rored against him.

6 And the SPIRIT of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a Kid, and he had nothing in his Hand: but he told not his Father or his Mother what he had done.

7 And he went down, and talked with the Woman, and the pleafed Samfon well.

& And after a time, he returned to take her, and he turn ed afide to fee the Carcafe of the Lion: and behold, there

was

was a Swarm of Bees, and Honey in the Carcase of the Lion. 9 And he took thereof in his Hands, and went on eating, and came to his Father and Mother, and he gave them, and they did eat but he told not them that he had taken the Honey out of the Carcafe of the Lion.

10 So his Father went down unto the Woman, and Samfon made there a Feaft: for fo used the young Men to do. II And it came to pafs when they faw him, that they brought thirty Companions to be with him.

12 And Samfon faid unto them, I will now put forth a Riddle unto you if you can certainly declare it me within feven Days of the Feaft, and find it out, then I will give you thirty Sheets, and thirty Change of Garments.

13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then fhall ye give me thirty Sheets, and thirty Change of Garments. And they faid unto him, Put forth thy Riddle, that we may hear it.

14 And he said unto them, Out of the Eater came forth Meat, and out of the Strong came forth Sweetness. And they could not in three Days expound the Riddle.

15 And it came to pafs on the feventh Day, that they faid unto Samfon's Wife, Entice thy Hufband, that he may declare unto us the Riddle, left we burn thee and thy Father's House with Fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?

16 And Samfon's Wife wept before him, and faid, Thou doft but hate me, and loveft me not thou haft put forth a Riddle unto the Children of my People, and haft not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my Father nor my Mother, and fhall I tell it thee?

17 And the wept before him the feven Days, while their Feaft lafted and it came to pass on the seventh Day, that he told her, because fhe lay fore upon him: and the told the Riddle to the Children of her People.

18 And the Men of the City faid unto him on the seventh Day before the Sun went down,. What is sweeter than Honey? and what is ftronger than a Lion? And he faid unto them, If ye had not plowed with my Heifer, ye had not found out my Riddle.

19 And the SPIRIT of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Afhkelon, and flew thirty Men of them, and took their Spoil, and gave Change of Garments unto them which expounded the Riddle: and his Anger was kindled, and he went up to his Father's House.

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20 But

20 But Samfon's Wife was given to his Companion, whom he had ufed as his Friend.

CHA P. XV.

1 Samfon is denied his Wife: 3 He burneth the Philistines Corn with Foxes and Firebrands: 6 His Wife and her Father are burnt by the Philistines: 7 He fmiteth them Hip and Thigh: 9 He is bound by the Men of Judah, and delivered to the Philistines: 14 He killeth them with a Jaw-bone. Ver. 8 ND Samfon fmote the Philistines Hip and Thigh with a great Slaughter; and he went down and dwelt in the Top of the Rock Etam.

9 Then the Philiftines went up and pitched in Judah. 10 And the Men of Judah faid, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samfon are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

II Then three thoufand Men of Judah went to the Top of the Rock Etam, and faid to Samfon, Knowest thou not that the Philiftines are Rulers over us? what is this that thou haft done unto us? And he faid unto them, As they did unto me, fo have I done unto them.

12 And they faid unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the Hand of the Philiftines. And Samfon faid unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.

13 And they spake unto him, faying, No: but we will bind thee faft, and deliver thee into their Hand: but furely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new Cords, and brought him up from the Rock.

14 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines fhouted against him and the SPIRIT of the LORD came MIGHTILY upon him, and the Cords that were upon his Arms, became as Flax that was burnt with Fire, and his Bands loofed from off his Hands.

15 And he found a new Jaw-bone of an Afs, and put forth his Hand and took it, and flew a thousand Men therewith.

16 And Samfon faid, With the Jaw of an Afs, Heaps upon Heaps, with the Jaw-bone of an Afs, have I flain a thousand Men.

17 And it came to pafs when he had made an end of fpeaking, that he caft away the Jaw-bone out of his Hand, and called that Place Ramath-lehi.

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