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

He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had.

Now Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem to see his mother’s relatives. He said to them and to his mother’s entire extended family,

So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander. Jephthah repeated the terms of the agreement before the Lord in Mizpah.