And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
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Gill's Exposition
And he said, go,.... He granted her request at once:
and he sent her away for two months; as she desired:
and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains; for the…
Barnes' Notes
The touching submission of Jephthah’s daughter to an inevitable fate shows how deeply-rooted at that time was the pagan notion of the propriety of human sacrifice.
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
The daughter has her share of the hero's blood, and a larger share of the heroic temper: -My God, my land, my father"! Tennyson, -A Dream of Fair Women."
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