Judges 11:8 records the elders' promise to make Jephthah head — here he repeats that condition before the Lord at Mizpah.

In Judges 11:29, the Spirit comes upon Jephthah and he departs from Mizpah — the immediate sequel to his speaking before the Lord there.

Judges 11:34 shows Jephthah returning to Mizpah, where his daughter meets him—the tragic outcome of his vow made at that same place.

In Judges 10:17, Israel assembled at Mizpah against Ammon — the same location where Jephthah now speaks before the Lord.

Judges 10:18 records the elders' promise that whoever fights Ammonites will be leader; here Jephthah fulfills that condition.

Numbers 30:2 gives the law on vows; Jephthah will soon make a rash vow before the Lord, making this law directly relevant.

2 Samuel 5:3 describes David making a covenant with elders before the LORD, paralleling Jephthah's installation as leader before God.

1 Samuel 11:15 describes Saul made king before the Lord at Gilgal — similar to Jephthah being made head and commander before the Lord at Mizpah.

1 Chronicles 11:3 repeats David's covenant with elders before the LORD, mirroring Jephthah's appointment as head and leader before God.