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.
4. Now keep thyself and drink no wine nor strong drink and eat no unclean thing.
5. For thou shalt conceive and bear a son, and no razor shall come on his head, for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.