Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjaminite, as a deliverer for them. The Israelites sent him to Eglon king of Moab with tribute money.

Gilead’s wife bore him sons, and when they grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, “You will have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”

So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the Lord blessed him.

But his hair began to grow back after it had been shaved.

“Peace to you,” said the old man. “I’ll take care of everything you need. Only don’t spend the night in the square.”