Judges 13:25
New International Version
and the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him while he was in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

New Living Translation
And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him while he lived in Mahaneh-dan, which is located between the towns of Zorah and Eshtaol.

English Standard Version
And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Berean Standard Bible
And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

King James Bible
And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

New King James Version
And the Spirit of the LORD began to move upon him at Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

New American Standard Bible
And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him when he was in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

NASB 1995
And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

NASB 1977
And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the Spirit of Yahweh began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Amplified Bible
And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at times in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Christian Standard Bible
Then the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him in the Camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the Spirit of the LORD began to direct him in the Camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

American Standard Version
And the Spirit of Jehovah began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And The Spirit of LORD JEHOVAH began his walking in the camp of Dan between Tsada and Eshtwayel

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the Spirit of the Lord began to go out with him in the camp of Dan, and between Saraa and Esthaol.

Contemporary English Version
Then, while Samson was staying at Dan's Camp between the towns of Zorah and Eshtaol, the Spirit of the LORD took control of him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the spirit of the Lord began to be with him in the camp of Dan, between Saraa and Esthaol.

English Revised Version
And the spirit of the LORD began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD's Spirit began to stir in him while he was at Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Good News Translation
And the LORD's power began to strengthen him while he was between Zorah and Eshtaol in the Camp of Dan.

International Standard Version
Then the Spirit of the LORD began to rouse him where the tribe of Dan was encamped, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the spirit of the LORD began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Literal Standard Version
and the Spirit of YHWH begins to move him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Majority Standard Bible
And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

New American Bible
The spirit of the LORD came upon him for the first time in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

NET Bible
The LORD's spirit began to control him in Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

New Revised Standard Version
The spirit of the LORD began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

New Heart English Bible
And the Spirit of the LORD began to direct him in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

World English Bible
Yahweh’s Spirit began to move him in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Young's Literal Translation
and the Spirit of Jehovah beginneth to move him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Birth of Samson
24So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him. 25And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Cross References
Joshua 15:33
These were in the foothills: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,

Judges 3:10
The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel's judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.

Judges 14:1
One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.

Judges 14:19
Then the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had solved the riddle. And burning with anger, Samson returned to his father's house,

Judges 18:2
So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. "Go and explore the land," they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.

Judges 18:11
So six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons of war.

Judges 18:12
They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.


Treasury of Scripture

And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

the Spirit

Judges 3:10
And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.

Judges 6:34
But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.

Judges 11:29
Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.

the camp of Dan.

Judges 18:12
And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.

between

Judges 18:11
And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.

Joshua 15:33
And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,

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Judges 13
1. Israel is delivered into the hands of Philistines
2. An angel appears to Manoah's wife
8. The angel appears to Manoah
15. Manoah's sacrifices, whereby the angel is discovered.
24. Samson is born














(25) The Spirit of the Lord.--Judges 3:10. The Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it rightly, "The spirit of courage from Jehovah." Amos (Amos 2:11) ranks Nazarites with prophets. "Different as may be their mode of action, they agree in a belief, which strings up every power to its highest tension, that they are Jehovah's very own, consecrated to Him by a wholly special calling" (Ewald).

Began to move him.--Literally, to agitate or thrust him (paham, Genesis 41:8; Daniel 2:1). The word implies vehement and overwhelming impulses to noble deeds ("fing an ihn zu treiben," Luther), which, however, only came over him "at times" (Judges 14:6; Judges 15:14; Judges 16:20). The LXX. rendering, "to go with him," comes from a wrong reading. . . .

Verse 25. - The Spirit of the Lord, etc. See Judges 3:10, note. To move him - to urge and impel him to strange actions by fits and starts. It is an uncommon expression. In Genesis 41:8 the passive of the verb means to be troubled or agitated, and the substantive is the common word for a time in the phrases time after time, twice, thrice (according to the number specified), other times, etc.; also a footstep; and its derivatives mean an anvil, a bell. The idea is that of sudden, single impulses, such as are described in the following chapters. In the camp of Dan, or, as in Judges 18:12, Mahaneh-Dan, where the reason of the name is explained. For Zorah see ver. 2, note. Eshtaol has not hitherto been identified with any existing place, but it ought to lie east or north of Mahaneh-Dan, since this last was between Zorah and Eshtaol (see note on Judges 18:12). Kustul, a conical hill one hour west of Jerusalem, has been suggested.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And the Spirit
ר֣וּחַ (rū·aḥ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

of the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

began
וַתָּ֙חֶל֙ (wat·tā·ḥel)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play

to stir him
לְפַעֲמ֖וֹ (lə·p̄a·‘ă·mōw)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6470: To tap, beat regularly, to impel, agitate

at Mahaneh
בְּמַחֲנֵה־ (bə·ma·ḥă·nêh-)
Noun - proper
Strong's 4264: An encampment, an army

Dan,
דָ֑ן (ḏān)
Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1835: Dan -- 'judge', a son of Jacob, also a place in Northern Israel

between
בֵּ֥ין (bên)
Preposition
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

Zorah
צָרְעָ֖ה (ṣā·rə·‘āh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6881: Zorah -- a city exchanged by Judah and Dan

and Eshtaol.
אֶשְׁתָּאֹֽל׃ (’eš·tā·’ōl)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 847: Eshtaol -- to found, establish


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