When Zebul, the city commissioner, heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he was furious. ¹ 

When the Lord’s messenger finished speaking these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly. ¹ 

Zebul said to him, “Where now are your bragging words, ¹  ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the men ²  you insulted? ³  Go out now and fight them!”

Manoah said, “Now, when your announcement comes true, ¹  how should the child be raised and what should he do?” ² 

The wisest of her ladies ¹  answer; indeed she even thinks to herself,

She nagged him ¹  every day and pressured him until he was sick to death of it. ² 

So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander. Jephthah repeated the terms of the agreement ¹  before the Lord in Mizpah.

Manoah said to the Lord’s messenger, “Tell us your name, so we can honor you when your announcement comes true.” ¹ 

But the Ammonite king disregarded ¹  the message sent by Jephthah. ² 

His mother’s relatives ¹  spoke on his behalf to ²  all the leaders of Shechem and reported his proposal. ³  The leaders were drawn to Abimelech; ⁴  they said, “He is our close relative.” ⁵ 

The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The Lord will judge any grievance you have against us, ¹  if we do not do as you say.” ² 

When he finished speaking, he threw the jawbone down ¹  and named that place Ramath Lehi. ² 

Delilah said to Samson, “Look, you deceived ¹  me and told me lies! Now tell me how you can be subdued.”

The Ephraimites said to him, “Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us ¹  when you went to fight the Midianites!” They argued vehemently with him.

Delilah said to Samson, “Up to now you have deceived me and told me lies. Tell me how you can be subdued.” He said to her, “If you weave the seven braids of my hair ¹  into the fabric on the loom ²  and secure it with the pin, I will become weak and be like any other man.”