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Judges 13:24 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 24. 24And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
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Quick Meaning
This verse confirms the birth, maternal naming of Samson, growth, and divine blessing.
Read It With
- Judges 13:24–25
Read Judges 13:24–25 together. This verse confirms the birth, maternal naming of Samson, growth, and divine blessing. Birth, naming, growth, divine blessing, and the Spirit's first stirring complete the childhood notice; chapter 14 opens with Samson's adult desire at Timnah.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The compact transition confirms the promise and grounds Samson's capacity in divine blessing before later stories expose the moral limits of giftedness. Within that movement, confirms the birth, maternal naming of Samson, growth, and divine blessing.
Read Judges 13:24–25 together
Why these verses belong together: Birth, naming, growth, divine blessing, and the Spirit's first stirring complete the childhood notice; chapter 14 opens with Samson's adult desire at Timnah.
Verse 24. 24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
Verse 25. 25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
What Remains True
Confirms the birth, maternal naming of Samson, growth, and divine blessing. Capacity and calling create responsibility; they do not certify every choice made by the gifted person.
How It Can Shape Life
- Because Judges 13:24 confirms the birth, maternal naming of Samson, growth, and divine blessing, separate evidence of talent or vocation from evidence of character, safety, and accountable use of power.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Judges 13:24–25 — Samson grows under blessing and stirringSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Judges 13:24–25, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Judges
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clause relationships, repeated terms, wordplays, and translation control.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Judg.xml, 13:24–25
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Judges with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, textual, poetic, geographical, social, and uncertainty notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Judges PDF, printed pp. 475-476, translation and notes on 13:24–25
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