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.

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.

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

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.”

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.