Verse 2

There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless.

Referenced Verses

• Josh 19:41 : 41 Their assigned land included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,
• Josh 15:33 : 33 These cities were in the foothills: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,
• Luke 1:7 : 7 But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.
• 1 Sam 1:2-6 : 2 He had two wives; the name of the first was Hannah and the name of the second was Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 3 This man would go up from his city year after year to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of Heaven’s Armies at Shiloh.(It was there that the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, served as the LORD’s priests.) 4 The day came and Elkanah sacrificed.(Now he used to give meat portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters. 5 But to Hannah he would give a double portion, because he loved Hannah, although the LORD had not enabled her to have children. 6 Her rival used to aggravate her to the point of exasperation, just to irritate her, since the LORD had not enabled her to have children.
• Gen 16:1 : 1 The Birth of Ishmael Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.
• Gen 25:21 : 21 Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.