25And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
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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.
And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
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. …
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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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