Samuel listened to the people and then repeated their words to the Lord.
So Jephthah went with the elders from Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. Jephthah repeated all of his words in front of the Lord at the city of Mizpah.
The Lord answered, “Listen to them and give them a king.” Then Samuel told the Israelites, “You will have a king. Now go home.”
Hezekiah received the letters from the messengers and read them. Then he went up to the Lord’s Temple and laid the letters out in front of the Lord.