And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
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Gill's Exposition
And she said unto him, my father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord,.... The conditional word "if" may be left out, as it is not in the original text; for her father had told her that he had…
Barnes' Notes
His daughter came out to meet him - The precise phrase of his vow Jdg 11:31. She was his “only child,” a term of special endearment (see Jer 6:26; Zec 12:10). The same word is used of Isaac Gen 22:2,…
We have here Jephthah triumphing in a glorious victory, but, as an alloy to his joy, troubled and distressed by an unadvised vow.
I. Jephthah's victory was clear, and shines very brightly, both to his…
Cambridge Bible
his daughter … with timbrels and with dances For women celebrating a victory cf. Exo 15:20; 1Sa 18:6; Psa 68:11. The last half of the verse is phrased with much beauty, lost in the translation.
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