1. And the sons of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
2. And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of Dan, whose name was Manoah, and his wife was barren, (she had never born children).
3. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto this woman and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren and hast had no children, but thou shalt conceive and bear a son.