Judges 11:37

And she said unto her father, Let this thing, be done for me,—Let me alone two months, that I may depart, and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.

In Context

36And she said unto him—My father! Thou hast opened wide thy mouth unto Yahweh, Do with me, according to that which hath gone forth out of thy mouth,—after that Yahweh hath exacted for thee an avenging from thine enemies, from the sons of Ammon.

38And he said—Depart. So he let her go, for two months,—and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity, upon the mountains.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 1:6And her rival used even to cause her great vexation, for the sake of provoking her,—because Yahweh had restrained her from having children.

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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