Samson is the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the book of Judges.

JUDGES 15:15: Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.

The Bible never mentions Samson's wife by name.

Manoah, who lived in the city of Zorah, was Samson's father. His name means "rest" or "quiet".

JUDGES 13:3-4: ³ The angel of the Lord appeared to her and said, "You are barren and childless, but you are going to become pregnant and give birth to a son. ⁴ Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean.

JUDGES 14:6: The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him so that he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as he might have torn a young goat. But he told neither his father nor his mother what he had done.

JUDGES 16:4: Some time later, he fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah.

JUDGES 15:6: When the Philistines asked, "Who did this?" they were told, "Samson, the Timnite's son-in-law, because his wife was given to his companion." So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.

JUDGES 16:17: So he told her everything. "No razor has ever been used on my head," he said, "because I have been a Nazirite dedicated to God from my mother's womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.

JUDGES 13:15: Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, "We would like you to stay until we prepare a young goat for you."