John Gill's Exposition on Judges 13:2

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, etc.] Of the tribe of Dan, in which tribe Zorah was, and seems to have lain both on the borders of Judah and Dan, (<061533>Joshua 15:33 19:41); (see Gill on “<061533>Joshua 15:33”), (see Gill on “<061941>Joshua 19:41”), and this man was not a mean man, but of rank and figure, a principal man in the country, according to Josephus f263; though the Talmudists f264 say he was a plebeian: whose name was Manoah; which signifies “rest”, and has much the same signification as Noah; and by this name he was well known in those times, and among his people: and his wife was barren, and bare not; had no child, as the Targum; and it is observed by many, that several eminent persons were born of women that had been barren, as Isaac, Jacob, Samuel, and John the Baptist; and it is remarkable, that the strongest man that ever was born of such a woman, as the following account relates. The name of this woman, the mother of Samson, is said f265 to be Zalalponith; see (<130403>1 Chronicles 4:3).

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