Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Judges Chapter 13
Overview
Jdg 13:1, Israel is delivered into the hands of Philistines; Jdg 13:2, An angel appears to Manoah's wife; Jdg 13:8, The angel appears to Manoah; Jdg 13:15, Manoah's sacrifices, whereby the angel is discovered; Jdg 13:24, Samson is born.
did: Heb. added to commit, etc. Jdg 2:11, Jdg 3:7, Jdg 4:1, Jdg 6:1, Jdg 10:6; Rom 2:6
in the sight: Jer 13:23
delivered: "This seems a partial captivity."
into the: Sa1 12:9
barren: Gen 16:1, Gen 25:21; Sa1 1:2-6; Luk 1:7
the angel: Jdg 2:1, Jdg 6:11, Jdg 6:12; Gen 16:7-13; Luk 1:11, Luk 1:28-38
but thou: Gen 17:16, Gen 18:10; Sa1 1:20; Kg2 4:16; Luk 1:13, Luk 1:31
drink not: Jdg 13:14; Num 6:2, Num 6:3; Luk 1:15
eat not: Lev 11:27, Lev 11:47; Act 10:14
no razor: Num 6:2, Num 6:3, Num 6:5; Sa1 1:11
begin: Sa1 7:13; Sa2 8:1; Ch1 18:1
A man: Deu 33:1; Jos 14:6; Sa1 2:27, Sa1 9:6; Kg1 17:18, Kg1 17:24; Kg2 4:9, Kg2 4:16; Ti1 6:11
countenance was: Mat 28:3; Luk 9:29; Act 6:15
terrible: Jdg 13:22; Gen 28:16, Gen 28:17; Exo 3:2, Exo 3:6; Dan 8:17, Dan 10:5, Dan 10:11; Mat 28:4; Rev 1:17
but I asked: etc. The Vulgate renders this cause very differently, the negative Not being omitted: Quem cum interrogassim quis esset, et unde venisset, et quo nomine vocaretur, noluit mihi dicere; sed hoc respondit, etc; "Whom when I asked who he was, and whence he came, and by what name he was called, would not tell me, but this he said," etc.
The negative is also wanting in the Septuagint, as it is in the Complutensian Polyglott; Και ηρωτον αυτον ποθεν εστιν, και το ονομα αυτον, ουκ απηγγειλεν μοι. "And I asked him whence he was, and his name, but he did not tell me." This is also the reading of the Codex Alexandrinus; but the Septuagint in the London Polyglott, the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic, read the negative particle with the Hebrew Text: I asked Not his name, etc.
his name: Jdg 13:17, Jdg 13:18; Gen 32:29; Luk 1:19
teach us: Job 34:32; Pro 3:5, Pro 3:6; Act 9:6
hearkened: Psa 65:2; Mat 7:7-11
Behold: Joh 1:41, Joh 1:42, Joh 4:28, Joh 4:29
the other day: Byyom, rather, "in this day," or "to-day," for the word other is not in the original, and it is probably that the angel appeared in the morning and evening of the same day.
How shall we order the child: Heb. what shall be the manner of the child, Gen 18:19; Pro 4:4, Pro 22:6; Eph 6:4
how shall we do unto him: or, what shall he do, Heb. what shall be his work
neither: Jdg 13:4
all that I: Deu 12:32; Mat 28:20; Joh 2:5, Joh 15:14; Th2 3:4
let us: Jdg 6:18, Jdg 6:19; Gen 18:3-5
until: Manoah, not knowing the quality of his guest, wished to do this as act of hospitality.
for thee: Heb. before thee
I will not: As I am a spiritual being, I subsist not by earthly food; and cannot partake of your bounty.
and if: etc. Rather, "but if thou wilt offer," etc.. unto thee, Jdg 13:23, Jdg 6:26
Why askest: Jdg 13:6; Gen 32:29
secret: or, wonderful, It was because his name was secret that Manoah wished to know it. But the angel does not say it was secret, but hoo pailee, "it is wonderful;" the very character given to the Messiah: "His name shall be called pailai, Wonderful," Isa 9:6.
took: Jdg 6:19, Jdg 6:20; Kg1 18:30-38
did wonderously: He acted according to His Name: He, being wonderful, performed wonders; probably causing fire to arise out of the rock and consume the sacrifice, and then ascended in the flame. Jdg 6:21; Kg1 18:38
when the flame: Kg2 2:11; Psa 47:5; Heb 1:3
fell on: Gen 17:3; Lev 9:24; Ch1 21:16, Ch1 21:26; Eze 1:26, Eze 1:28; Dan 10:9; Mat 17:6
knew: Jdg 6:22; Hos 12:4, Hos 12:5
We shall: Gen 32:30; Exo 33:20; Deu 4:38, Deu 5:26; Isa 6:5
his wife: Ecc 4:9, Ecc 4:10; Co1 12:21
he would not: Gen 4:4, Gen 4:5; Psa 86:17
he have showed: Psa 25:14, Psa 27:13; Pro 3:32; Joh 14:20, Joh 14:23, Joh 15:15
am 2849, bc 1155, An, Ex, Is, 336
Samson: Heb 11:32
the child: Sa1 3:19; Luk 1:80, Luk 2:52
the Spirit: Jdg 3:10, Jdg 6:34, Jdg 11:29; Sa1 11:6; Mat 4:1; Joh 3:34
the camp of Dan: Heb. Mahaneh-dan, as Jdg 18:12