Judges 11:40
That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
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Barnes' Notes
There is no allusion extant elsewhere to this annual lamentation of the untimely fate of Jephthah’s daughter. But the poetical turn of the narrative suggests that it may be taken from some ancient…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
And it was And it became, altering the verb from fern, to masc. The verse is wrongly divided. For wentrender used to go (frequentative).
to celebrate So translated to agree with Jdg 5:11 (rehearse),…