Judges 13:17

“And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?”

"And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?" - Judges 13:17
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What does Judges 13:17 mean?

The Bible verse Judges 13:17 from the King James Version (KJV) states, "And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honor?" This verse is part of the narrative about the birth of Samson, a figure in the Old…

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Seeking the Name of the Messenger: A Devotional on Judges 13:17

In the book of Judges, we encounter the stirring narrative of Manoah and his wife, who are visited by a heavenly messenger—the angel of the LORD. Their story unveils layers of spiritual insight, particularly through Manoah’s inquiry in Judges 13:17: "And Manoah said unto the…

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A Prayer for Divine Guidance and Honor

Heavenly Father, In the stillness of this moment, I come before You with a heart full of reverence and gratitude. Just as Manoah approached the angel of the Lord, my spirit seeks wisdom and understanding. In Judges 13:17, we find Manoah asking, "What is thy name, that when thy…

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Judges 13:17 - "And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?"
Judges 17:13 - "Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest."
"Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest." - Judges 17:13
Judges 17:1 - "And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah."
Judges 2:13 - "And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth."
Job 12:17 - "He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools."
Judges 13:13 - "And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware."
Judges 12:13 - "¶ And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel."
Judges 8:17 - "And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city."
Judges 21:17 - "And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel."
Judges 17:12 - "And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah."
Judges 3:17 - "And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man."
Judges 17:11 - "And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons."
Judges 2:17 - "And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so."
Judges 18:13 - "And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah."
Judges 8:13 - "¶ And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,"
Judges 17:7 - "¶ And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there."
Judges 13:3 make the Angel of the Lord male
Judges 17:6 - "In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes."
Judges 9:17 - "(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:"
Judges 10:17 - "Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh."
Judges 13:25 - "And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol."
"And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah." - Judges 17:1
Psalms 96:13 - "Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth."
Judges 13:2 - "¶ And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not."
"And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth." - Judges 2:13
Judges 13:24 - "¶ And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him."
Genesis 17-13
Judges 1:17 - "And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah."