Judg 12:9 He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage outside the family, and he brought in thirty daughters from outside for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
Judg 12:10 Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.
Judg 12:11 ¶ Now Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel after him; and he judged Israel ten years.
Judg 12:12 Then Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried at Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
Judg 12:13 ¶ Now Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel after him.
Judg 12:14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys; and he judged Israel eight years.
Judg 12:15 Then Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried at Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
Judg 13:1 Now the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, so that the LORD gave them into the hands of the Philistines forty years.
Judg 13:2 ¶ There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had borne no children.
Judg 13:3 Then the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, "Behold now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and give birth to a son.
Judg 13:4 "Now therefore, be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing.
Judg 13:5 "For behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and no razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines."
Judg 13:6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, "A man of God came to me and his appearance was like the appearance of the angel of God, very awesome. And I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name.
Judg 13:7 "But he said to me, 'Behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and now you shall not drink wine or strong drink nor eat any unclean thing, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.'"
Judg 13:8 ¶ Then Manoah entreated the LORD and said, "O Lord, please let the man of God whom You have sent come to us again that he may teach us what to do for the boy who is to be born."
Judg 13:9 God listened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again to the woman as she was sitting in the field, but Manoah her husband was not with her.
Judg 13:10 So the woman ran quickly and told her husband, "Behold, the man who came the other day has appeared to me."
Judg 13:11 Then Manoah arose and followed his wife, and when he came to the man he said to him, "Are you the man who spoke to the woman?" And he said, "I am."
Judg 13:12 Manoah said, "Now when your words come to pass, what shall be the boy's mode of life and his vocation?"
Judg 13:13 So the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, "Let the woman pay attention to all that I said.