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The Annunciation to Manoah's Wife by Tintoretto. Manoah's wife (also referred to as Samson's mother) is an unnamed figure in the Book of Judges, the wife of Manoah. She is introduced in Judges 13:2 as a barren woman. The angel of the Lord appears to her and tells her she will have a son. She later gives birth to Samson.
In the 1914 American film Samson, Manoah was played by George Periolat, while his wife was played by Lule Warrenton. [7] In the 1949 film Samson and Delilah (starring Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr), Manoah is played by Charles Evans in an uncredited appearance. In the 1984 film Samson and Delilah, Manoah is played by Victor Mature.
Under the name Zelelponith, she is referred to in rabbinical sources—Midrash Numbers Rabbah Naso 10 and Bava Batra 91a [3] —as being the wife of Manoah and mother of Samson, the famous judge. According to the ancient Rabbinic tradition, Hazzelelponi was married to Manoah. She also had a daughter called Nishyan or Nashyan. [4] [5]
Significantly, Delilah is the only named woman in the Samson Narrative (cf. Samson's mother as "Manoah's wife", Samson's Timnite wife, the harlot in Gaza). [26] The Philistine lords ('tyrants') offered Delilah a reward in silver if she was able to discover and divulge to them the secret of Samson's strength, following the folktales that some ...
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Samson's and Jesus' births were both foretold by angels, [48] who predicted that they would save their people. [48] Samson was born to a barren woman, [48] and Jesus was born of a virgin. [48] Samson defeated a lion; Jesus defeated Satan, whom the First Epistle of Peter describes as a "roaring lion looking for someone to devour". [49]
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