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But getting back to Manoa, I think that it's always the, like you were saying, is why put that bit on there?

If it is attacked on to a story to just get us to tie us back into the story, to tie maybe a story, a satirical story of a Hebrew, Hercules, and you got to tack on this beginning to make it basically to fit into all the standard tropes of the Old Testament.

There must have been a Manoa that they're taking some pot shots at.

It's so specific.

I mean, none of the other judges have a backstory, do they as far as I know?

I mean, only Gideon.

Gideon has, he has a bit of a backstory, his background in his family.

Him and Samson are the ones that are developed.

I guess that, Nysha to a certain extent. And Japheth, too. I mean, Japheth is a, he's a fascinating

character because he's an orphaned, he's abandoned and he ends up among these.

So there are these stories, some of these stories do have backstories.

But Samson's is quite interesting.

Yeah, and quite long too.

I mean, yeah, it's a whole chapter.

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