Samson — разлика између измена

Prema izveštaju u Knjizi sudija, Samson je živeo u vreme ponovnog sukoba između Izraela i Filisteje, kada je Bog disciplinovao Izraelce tako što ih je davao "u ruke Filistejaca". <ref name="automatski generisano1" /> Manoja je bio Izraelac iz Zore, poreklom iz Danita<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0713.htm#2|title=Judges 13 / Hebrew - English Bible / Mechon-Mamre|website=www.mechon-mamre.org|access-date = 19. 5. 2018.}}</ref>, a njegova supruga nije bila u stanju da začne.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56069103|title=Chronicle of the Old Testament kings : the reign-by-reign record of the rulers of ancient Israel|last=1935-|first=Rogerson, J. W. (John William)|date=1999|publisher=Thames and Hudson|id=ISBN 978-0-500-05095-38|location=New York|oclc=56069103}}</ref><ref name="automatski generisano2">{{Cite book|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u186193|title=Funk, Isaac Kaufman, (10 Sept. 1839–4 April 1912), author; President Funk & Wagnalls Company; Editor-in-chief of the various periodicals of Funk & Wagnalls Company; Editor-in-chief of the Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary, new edition revised 1903; Chairman of Editorial Board that produced Jewish Encyclopædia|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|series=Who Was Who}}</ref> Anđeo Gospodnji se pojavio Manojinoj supruzi i proglasio da će uskoro imati sina koji će izbaviti  Izraelce od Filistejaca. <ref name=":0" />