1. The Israelites sinned against the Lord again, and he let the Philistines rule them for forty years.
2. At that time there was a man named Manoah from the town of Zorah. He was a member of the tribe of Dan. His wife had never been able to have children.
15-16. Manoah did not know that it was the Lord's angel, so he said to him, “Please do not go yet. Let us cook a young goat for you.”But the angel said, “If I do stay, I will not eat your food. But if you want to prepare it, burn it as an offering to the Lord.”