There was a man named Manoah from the town of Zorah. He was a member of the tribe of Dan. His wife was not able to have children.

There was no king in Israel in those days. The tribe of Dan was looking for territory to claim and settle in because they had not yet received any land of their own among the tribes of Israel.

Six hundred men from the tribe of Dan left Zorah and Eshtaol, ready for war.