<p class="bodytext">Samson continued on down to Timnah<n id="1" /> and spoke to the girl. In his opinion, she was just the right one.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">The Israelites did evil before<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> by worshiping<n id="2" /> the Baals.

<t /><p class="bodytext">The Israelites again did evil in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sight<n id="1" /> after Ehud&#8217;s death.

<t /><p class="bodytext">The Israelites did evil in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sight,<n id="1" /> so the <sc>Lordsc> turned them over to<n id="2" /> Midian for seven years.

<t /><p class="bodytext">The Israelites again did evil in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sight.<n id="1" /> The <sc>Lordsc> gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel<n id="2" /> because they had done evil in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sight.

<t /><p class="bodytext">The Israelites did evil in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sight.<n id="1" /> They forgot the <sc>Lordsc> their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">The Israelites again did evil in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sight,<n id="1" /> so the <sc>Lordsc> handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.p>

But his father and mother said to him, &#8220;Certainly you can find a wife among your relatives or among all our<n id="1" /> people! You should not have to go and get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines.&#8221;<n id="2" /> But Samson said to his father, &#8220;Get her for me,<n id="3" /> because she is the right one for me.&#8221;<n id="4" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">The Israelites again did evil in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sight.<n id="1" /> They worshiped<n id="2" /> the Baals and the Ashtars,<n id="3" /> as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon,<n id="4" /> Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines.<n id="5" /> They abandoned the <sc>Lordsc> and did not worship<n id="6" /> him.