Judges 13:1

Samson’s Birth

13:1 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight, ¹  so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.

Judges 13:25

13:25 The Lord’s spirit began to control him ²  in Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

[13:1]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[13:25]  ² tn Or “move him to action”; or “stir him.”