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Judges 11:40 KJV
Judges · chapter 11 · verse 40
That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.Judges 11:40 · King James Version
Judges 11:40 in context
38And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
39And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
40That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- daughtersbatha daughterH1323 →
- GileaditeGilʻâdîya Giladite or descendant of GiladH1569 →
- JephthahYiphtâchJiphtach, an IsraeliteH3316 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- yearlyyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
- lamenttânâhto ascribeH8567 →
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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 honour and to the honour of God, his in pleading and God's in owning a righteous cause. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 29-40