The BibleGospel Companion

Manoah

מָנוֹחַ · ma.no.ach · H4495“rest; a present” Hitchcock's 186914 mentions, all in Judges

Who he was

Manoah was an Israelite from the tribe of Dan, and he was the father of Samson. Manoah's wife was barren, but the Angel of the Lord appeared to her and announced that she would conceive and give birth to a son who would begin to deliver Israel from the Philistines. The Angel instructed her to follow specific guidelines during her pregnancy and to raise the child as a Nazirite. Manoah prayed for the Angel to return and teach them how to raise the child, and the Angel appeared again, reiterating the instructions. Manoah offered a young goat as a sacrifice to the Lord, and the Angel ascended in the flame of the altar, confirming his divine nature. Manoah and his wife named their son Samson, and the Lord blessed him as he grew. After Samson's death, he was buried in the tomb of his father, Manoah, between Zorah and Eshtaol (Judges 13; 16:31).

Article: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

Family

ChildrenSamson
Family relations: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

Every mention

14 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

Judges 14 mentions

Judges 13:2There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and childless.Judges 13:8Then Manoah entreated Yahweh, and said, “Oh, Lord, please let the man of God whom you sent come again to us, and teach us what we should do to the child who shall be born.”Judges 13:9God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field; but Manoah, her husband, wasn’t with her.Judges 13:11Manoah arose and followed his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” He said, “I am.”Judges 13:12Manoah said, “Now let your words happen. What shall the child’s way of life and mission be?”Judges 13:13Yahweh’s angel said to Manoah, “Of all that I said to the woman let her beware.Judges 13:15Manoah said to Yahweh’s angel, “Please stay with us, that we may make a young goat ready for you.”Judges 13:16Yahweh’s angel said to Manoah, “Though you detain me, I won’t eat your bread. If you will prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to Yahweh.” For Manoah didn’t know that he was…Judges 13:17Manoah said to Yahweh’s angel, “What is your name, that when your words happen, we may honor you?”Judges 13:19So Manoah took the young goat with the meal offering, and offered it on the rock to Yahweh. Then the angel did an amazing thing as Manoah and his wife watched.Judges 13:20For when the flame went up toward the sky from off the altar, Yahweh’s angel ascended in the flame of the altar. Manoah and his wife watched; and they fell on their faces to the ground.Judges 13:21But Yahweh’s angel didn’t appear to Manoah or to his wife any more. Then Manoah knew that he was Yahweh’s angel.Judges 13:22Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God.”Judges 16:31Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down and took him, and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial site of Manoah his father. He judged…

What the dictionary says

Rest, a Danite, the father of Samson (Judg. 13:1-22, and 14:2-4).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Read the article →

Sources