Family. According to the Bible, Manoah was of the tribe of Dan and lived in the city of Zorah. He married one woman, who was barren.

Where is Samson from?

Samson was born in the village of Zorah. As he grew up, he became a man of almost superhuman strength. Once, while visiting a Philistine girl from the village of Timnah, he killed a lion with his bare hands.

Where is timnah today?

Modern archaeologists identify the ancient site with a tell lying on a flat, alluvial plain, located in the Sorek Valley ca.