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• 7 · Bible
• 71 · Old Testament
• 71F · the time of the Judges
• 71F2 · Judges 6-12
• 71F24 · the time of Jephthah ~ the book of Judges

71F245 · the story of Jephthah's daughter (Judges 11:29-40)

• 71F2451 · before the battle between the Israelites and the Ammonites Jephthah makes a vow that on his return he shall offer to the Lord whatsoever comes from the doors of his house to meet him
• 71F2452 · the Ammonites are defeated by Jephthah's army; twenty cities are taken
• 71F2453 · Jephthah's daughter dances with tambourines to meet her father on his return from the battle; Jephthah rends his clothes in despair
• 71F2454 · Jephthah's daughter retreats to the mountains with her companions to bewail her virginity
• 71F2455 · fulfilment of Jephthah's vow to the Lord: Jephthah's daughter is sacrificed
• 71F2456 · four days in each year the daughters of Israel go to lament the daughter of Jephthah