Verse 2

There was a certain man from Zorah, from the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. His wife was barren and had no children.

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 19:41 : 41 The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
  • Josh 15:33 : 33 In the lowland: Eshtaol, Zorah, and Ashnah.
  • Luke 1:7 : 7 But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years.
  • 1 Sam 1:2-6 : 2 He had two wives. The name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other was Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 3 Year after year, this man would go up from his city to worship and to offer sacrifices to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, served as priests of the LORD. 4 On the day Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters. 5 But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, though the LORD had closed her womb. 6 Her rival provoked her severely to irritate her because the LORD had closed her womb.
  • Gen 16:1 : 1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not borne him any children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar.
  • Gen 25:21 : 21 Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife because she was barren. The LORD answered his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.