Judges 13:23-25

Expanded Bible

²³ But his wife said to him, “If the Lord wanted to kill us, he would not have accepted our burnt offering [Lev. 1:1–17] or ·grain [^Lgift; tribute] offering [Lev. 2:1]. He would not have shown us all these things or told us all this.”

²⁴ So the woman gave birth to a boy and named him Samson [^Crelated to the Hebrew word for “sun”; perhaps “sun-like” or “light from God”; Mal. 4:2]. He grew, and the Lord blessed him. ²⁵ The Spirit of the Lord began to ·work in Samson [move/stir/empower him] while he was in the city of Mahaneh Dan, between the cities of Zorah and Eshtaol.