Samson continued on down to Timnah and spoke to the girl. In his opinion, she was just the right one.

The Israelites did evil before the Lord by worshiping the Baals.

The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight after Ehud’s death.

The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord turned them over to Midian for seven years.

In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.

In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.

The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. The Lord gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel because they had done evil in the Lord’s sight.

The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. They forgot the Lord their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs.

Gideon said to him, “If you really are pleased with me, then give me a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me.

But the Israelites said to the Lord, “We have sinned. You do to us as you see fit, but deliver us today!”

The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.

The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.

When he looked up and saw the traveler in the town square, the old man said, “Where are you heading? Where do you come from?”

The Lord’s messenger touched the meat and the unleavened bread with the tip of his staff. Fire flared up from the rock and consumed the meat and unleavened bread. The Lord’s messenger then disappeared.

But his father and mother said to him, “Certainly you can find a wife among your relatives or among all our people! You should not have to go and get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines.” But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, because she is the right one for me.”

Samson called to the Lord, “O Master, Lord, remember me! Strengthen me just one more time, O God, so I can get swift revenge against the Philistines for my two eyes!”

Here are my virgin daughter and my guest’s concubine. I will send them out and you can abuse them and do to them whatever you like. But don’t do such a disgraceful thing to this man!”

The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtars, as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. They abandoned the Lord and did not worship him.