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Judges 11:34

King James Version (KJV)

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And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she [was his] only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

Judges 11:34 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Judges 11:34

Theological / Devotional

To Mizpeh. After having been invited back from exile to be the ruler in Gilead, Jephthah seems to have moved his family to Mizpeh and established his residence there.

With timbrels. It was the custom for women to greet their menfolk thus upon their victorious return from war (1 Sam. 18:6; cf. Ex. 15:20). Evidently other women accompanied Jephthah’s daughter, playing small tambourines.

Only child. The Hebrew is emphatic: “She only was an only child.” Jephthah’s family would become extinct in Israel, a thing that all Hebrews deplored.

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