Judges 11:40

and it was an ordinance in Israel, That the daughters of Israel went from + 11:40 Period of days, i. e. year.year to year to bewail the daughter of Jephthae the Galaadite for four days in a year.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

In Context

39And it came to pass at the end of the two months that she returned to her father; and he performed upon her his vow which he vowed; and she knew no man:

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Matthew Henry on Judges 11:30-40

Jephthah's Vow. ( b. c. 1143.) 29 Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. 30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord , and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, 31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord… Read the whole commentary →

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