Judges 13:1-2

Expanded Bible

The Birth of Samson

13 Again the ·people [^Lsons; ^Tchildren] of Israel did ·what the Lord said was wrong [^Levil in the eyes/sight of the Lord]. So he ·handed them over to [^Lgave them into the hand of] the Philistines for forty years.

² There was a man named Manoah from the tribe of Dan, who lived in the city of Zorah [^Cfifteen miles west of Jerusalem; v. 25]. He had a wife, but she [^Lwas barren/infertile and] could not have children [^Ca cause of both sadness and shame; Gen. 11:30; 29:31].