Samson is a Nazarite to God. The Philistines are afraid of his great strength.

Delilah
tricks him to reveal the source of his power. Samson's hair is cut off, and he is captured
and put in prison. God gives him his strength one more time and he pushes 2 pillars
down on himself and many Philistines.

Throughout the period of the Nazarites separation he is consecrated to the LORD

Joshua 24:31 (New International Version)

31 Israel served the LORD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who
outlived him and who had experienced everything the LORD had done for Israel.

Judges 1:28 (New International Version)

28 When Israel became strong, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor but never
drove them out completely.

Judges 1:28 (New International Version)

28 When Israel became strong, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor but never
drove them out completely.

Judges 1:28 (New International Version)

28 When Israel became strong, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor but never
drove them out completely
1. Judges 13:2
A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife
who was sterile and remained childless.
Judges 13:1-3 (in Context) Judges 13 (Whole Chapter)
2. Judges 13:8
Then Manoah prayed to the LORD : "O LORD, I beg you, let the man of God you
sent to us come again to teach us how to bring up the boy who is to be born."
Judges 13:7-9 (in Context) Judges 13 (Whole Chapter)
3. Judges 13:9
God heard Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman while she was
out in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.
Judges 13:8-10 (in Context) Judges 13 (Whole Chapter)
4. Judges 13:11
Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he said, "Are you
the one who talked to my wife?" "I am," he said.
Judges 13:10-12 (in Context) Judges 13 (Whole Chapter)
5. Judges 13:12
So Manoah asked him, "When your words are fulfilled, what is to be the rule for the
boy's life and work?"
Judges 13:11-13 (in Context) Judges 13 (Whole Chapter)
6. Judges 13:15
Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "We would like you to stay until we prepare a
young goat for you."
Judges 13:14-16 (in Context) Judges 13 (Whole Chapter)
7. Judges 13:16
The angel of the LORD replied, "Even though you detain me, I will not eat any of
your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD." (Manoah did not
realize that it was the angel of the LORD.)
Judges 13:15-17 (in Context) Judges 13 (Whole Chapter)
8. Judges 13:17
Then Manoah inquired of the angel of the LORD, "What is your name, so that we
may honor you when your word comes true?"
Judges 13:16-18 (in Context) Judges 13 (Whole Chapter)
9. Judges 13:19
Then Manoah took a young goat, together with the grain offering, and sacrificed it on
a rock to the LORD. And the LORD did an amazing thing while Manoah and his wife
watched:
Judges 13:18-20 (in Context) Judges 13 (Whole Chapter)
10. Judges 13:20
As the flame blazed up from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the LORD
ascended in the flame. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell with their faces to the
 ground.
Judges 13:19-21 (in Context) Judges 13 (Whole Chapter) MANOAH

GOAT » Manoah (Judges 13:19)

SAMSON » A Danite, son of Manoah; miraculous birth of; a Nazarite from his mother's
womb; the mother forbidden to drink wine or strong drink, or to eat any ceremonially
unclean thing during gestation (Judges 13:2-7,24,25)

ANGEL (a spirit) » APPEARANCES OF » To Manoah (Judges 13:6,15-20)

BARRENNESS » Miraculously removed, instances of » Manoah's wife (Judges 13)

CONCEPTION » MIRACULOUS » Manoah's wife (Judges 13:3-24)

CURIOSITY » INSTANCES OF » Of Manoah, to know the name of an angel (Judges

13:17,18)

FAITH » INSTANCES OF » Manoah's wife (Judges 13:23)

MIRACLES » CATALOGUE OF » Of Manoah (Judges 13:19,20)

PRAYER » ANSWERED » Manoah, asking about Samson (Judges 13:8,9)