24And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
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And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24-25)Here is, 1. Samson’s birth. The woman that had been long barren bore a son, according to the promise; for no word of God shall fall to the ground. Hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? 2. His name, Samson , has been derived by some, from Shemesh, the sun , turned into a diminutive, sol exiguus — the sun in miniature , perhaps because, being born like Moses to be a deliverer, he was like h…
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