Hakim-hakim 13:2

13:2 There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless. ¹ 

Hakim-hakim 13:24-25

13:24 Manoah’s wife ²  gave birth to a son and named him Samson. ³  The child grew and the Lord empowered ⁴  him. 13:25 The Lord’s spirit began to control him ⁵  in Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Hakim-hakim 15:20

15:20 Samson led ⁶  Israel for twenty years during the days of Philistine prominence. ⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 18:1-2

The Tribe of Dan Finds an Inheritance

18:1 In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place ⁸  to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel. ⁹  18:2 The Danites sent out from their whole tribe five representatives, ¹⁰  capable men ¹¹  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. ¹² 

[13:2]  ¹ tn Heb “and had not given birth.”

[13:24]  ² tn Heb “the woman.” For clarity this has been specified in the translation as “Manoah’s wife.”

[13:24]  ³ tn The name appears to mean “sun-like” or “solar.”

[13:24]  ⁴ tn Traditionally, “blessed.”

[13:25]  ⁵ tn Or “move him to action”; or “stir him.”

[15:20]  ⁶ tn Traditionally, “judged.”

[15:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “in the days of the Philistines.”

[18:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “an inheritance.”

[18:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “because there had not fallen to them by that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel an inheritance.”

[18:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “The Danites sent from their tribe five men, from their borders.”

[18:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “men, sons of strength.”

[18:2]  ¹² tn Heb “They came to the Ephraimite hill country, to Micah’s house, and spent the night there.”