Judges 11:34

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When Jephthah came home to Mizpah, there was his daughter hurrying out to meet him, dancing to the rhythm of tambourines. She was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 15:20 : 20 Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a hand-drum in her hand, and all the women went out after her with hand-drums and with dances.
  • Jer 31:4 : 4 I will rebuild you, my dear children Israel, so that you will once again be built up. Once again you will take up the tambourine and join in the happy throng of dancers.
  • Judg 10:17 : 17 An Outcast Becomes a General The Ammonites assembled and camped in Gilead; the Israelites gathered together and camped in Mizpah.
  • Judg 11:11 : 11 So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander. Jephthah repeated the terms of the agreement before the LORD in Mizpah.
  • Ps 68:25 : 25 Singers walk in front; musicians follow playing their stringed instruments, in the midst of young women playing tambourines.
  • Ps 148:11-12 : 11 you kings of the earth and all you nations, you princes and all you leaders on the earth, 12 you young men and young women, you elderly, along with you children!
  • Ps 150:4 : 4 Praise him with the tambourine and with dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and the flute!
  • 1 Sam 18:6-7 : 6 When the men arrived after David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women from all the cities of Israel came out singing and dancing to meet King Saul. They were happy as they played their tambourines and three-stringed instruments. 7 The women who were playing the music sang,“Saul has struck down his thousands, but David his tens of thousands!”
  • Judg 5:1-9 : 1 Celebrating the Victory in Song On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this victory song: 2 “When the leaders took the lead in Israel, When the people answered the call to war– Praise the LORD! 3 Hear, O kings! Pay attention, O rulers! I will sing to the LORD! I will sing to the LORD God of Israel! 4 O LORD, when you departed from Seir, when you marched from Edom’s plains, the earth shook, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down rain. 5 The mountains trembled before the LORD, the God of Sinai; before the LORD God of Israel. 6 In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael caravans disappeared; travelers had to go on winding side roads. 7 Warriors were scarce, they were scarce in Israel, until you arose, Deborah, until you arose as a motherly protector in Israel. 8 God chose new leaders, then fighters appeared in the city gates; but, I swear, not a shield or spear could be found, among forty military units in Israel. 9 My heart went out to Israel’s leaders, to the people who answered the call to war. Praise the LORD! 10 You who ride on light-colored female donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, you who walk on the road, pay attention! 11 Hear the sound of those who divide the sheep among the watering places; there they tell of the LORD’s victorious deeds, the victorious deeds of his warriors in Israel. Then the LORD’s people went down to the city gates– 12 Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, sing a song! Get up, Barak! Capture your prisoners of war, son of Abinoam! 13 Then the survivors came down to the mighty ones; the LORD’s people came down to me as warriors. 14 They came from Ephraim, who uprooted Amalek, they follow after you, Benjamin, with your soldiers. From Makir leaders came down, from Zebulun came the ones who march carrying an officer’s staff. 15 Issachar’s leaders were with Deborah, the men of Issachar supported Barak; into the valley they were sent under Barak’s command. Among the clans of Reuben there was intense heart searching. 16 Why do you remain among the sheepfolds, listening to the shepherds playing their pipes for their flocks? As for the clans of Reuben– there was intense searching of heart. 17 Gilead stayed put beyond the Jordan River. As for Dan– why did he seek temporary employment in the shipyards? Asher remained on the seacoast, he stayed by his harbors. 18 The men of Zebulun were not concerned about their lives; Naphtali charged on to the battlefields. 19 Kings came, they fought; the kings of Canaan fought, at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no silver as plunder. 20 From the sky the stars fought, from their paths in the heavens they fought against Sisera. 21 The Kishon River carried them off; the river confronted them– the Kishon River. Step on the necks of the strong! 22 The horses’ hooves pounded the ground; the stallions galloped madly. 23 ‘Call judgment down on Meroz,’ says the LORD’s angel;‘Be sure to call judgment down on those who live there, because they did not come to help in the LORD’s battle, to help in the LORD’s battle against the warriors.’ 24 The most rewarded of women should be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite! She should be the most rewarded of women who live in tents. 25 He asked for water, and she gave him milk; in a bowl fit for a king, she served him curds. 26 Her left hand reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workmen’s hammer. She“hammered” Sisera, she shattered his skull, she smashed his head, she drove the tent peg through his temple. 27 Between her feet he collapsed, he fell limp and was lifeless; between her feet he collapsed and fell, in the spot where he collapsed, there he fell– violently killed! 28 Through the window she looked; Sisera’s mother cried out through the lattice:‘Why is his chariot so slow to return? Why are the hoofbeats of his chariot-horses delayed?’ 29 The wisest of her ladies answer; indeed she even thinks to herself, 30 ‘No doubt they are gathering and dividing the plunder– a girl or two for each man to rape! Sisera is grabbing up colorful cloth, he is grabbing up colorful embroidered cloth, two pieces of colorful embroidered cloth, for the neck of the plunderer!’ 31 May all your enemies perish like this, O LORD! But may those who love you shine like the rising sun at its brightest!” And the land had rest for forty years.
  • Jer 31:13 : 13 The LORD says,“At that time young women will dance and be glad. Young men and old men will rejoice. I will turn their grief into gladness. I will give them comfort and joy in place of their sorrow.
  • Zech 12:10 : 10 “I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.
  • Luke 7:12 : 12 As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother(who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her.
  • Luke 8:42 : 42 because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed around him.
  • Luke 9:38 : 38 Then a man from the crowd cried out,“Teacher, I beg you to look at my son– he is my only child!

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  • Judg 11:35-40
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    35When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said,“Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me! You have brought me disaster! I made an oath to the LORD, and I cannot break it.”

    36She said to him,“My father, since you made an oath to the LORD, do to me as you promised. After all, the LORD vindicated you before your enemies, the Ammonites.”

    37She then said to her father,“Please grant me this one wish. For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity.”

    38He said,“You may go.” He permitted her to leave for two months. She went with her friends and mourned her virginity as she walked through the hills.

    39After two months she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. She died a virgin. Her tragic death gave rise to a custom in Israel.

    40Every year Israelite women commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite for four days.

  • Judg 11:28-33
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    28But the Ammonite king disregarded the message sent by Jephthah.

    29A Foolish Vow Spells Death for a Daughter The LORD’s Spirit empowered Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh and went to Mizpah in Gilead. From there he approached the Ammonites.

    30Jephthah made a vow to the LORD, saying,“If you really do hand the Ammonites over to me,

    31then whoever is the first to come through the doors of my house to meet me when I return safely from fighting the Ammonites– he will belong to the LORD and I will offer him up as a burnt sacrifice.”

    32Jephthah approached the Ammonites to fight with them, and the LORD handed them over to him.

    33He defeated them from Aroer all the way to Minnith– twenty cities in all, even as far as Abel Keramim! He wiped them out! The Israelites humiliated the Ammonites.

  • Judg 11:1-7
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    1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior. His mother was a prostitute, but Gilead was his father.

    2Gilead’s wife also gave him sons. When his wife’s sons grew up, they made Jephthah leave and said to him,“You are not going to inherit any of our father’s wealth, because you are another woman’s son.”

    3So Jephthah left his half-brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah’s gang and traveled with him.

    4It was some time after this when the Ammonites fought with Israel.

    5When the Ammonites attacked, the leaders of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back from the land of Tob.

    6They said,“Come, be our commander, so we can fight with the Ammonites.”

    7Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead,“But you hated me and made me leave my father’s house. Why do you come to me now, when you are in trouble?”

  • Judg 11:11-12
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    11So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander. Jephthah repeated the terms of the agreement before the LORD in Mizpah.

    12Jephthah Gives a History Lesson Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king, saying,“Why have you come against me to attack my land?”

  • Judg 12:1-4
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    1Civil Strife Mars the Victory The Ephraimites assembled and crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah,“Why did you go and fight with the Ammonites without asking us to go with you? We will burn your house down right over you!”

    2Jephthah said to them,“My people and I were in a struggle and the Ammonites were oppressing me greatly. I asked for your help, but you did not deliver me from their power.

    3When I saw that you were not going to help, I risked my life and advanced against the Ammonites, and the LORD handed them over to me. Why have you come up to fight with me today?”

    4Jephthah assembled all the men of Gilead and they fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because the Ephraimites insulted them, saying,“You Gileadites are refugees in Ephraim, living within Ephraim’s and Manasseh’s territory.”

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    14Jephthah sent messengers back to the Ammonite king

    15and said to him,“This is what Jephthah says,‘Israel did not steal the land of Moab and the land of the Ammonites.

  • Judg 14:1-3
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    1Samson’s Unconsummated Marriage Samson went down to Timnah, where a Philistine girl caught his eye.

    2When he got home, he told his father and mother,“A Philistine girl in Timnah has caught my eye. Now get her for my wife.”

    3But his father and mother said to him,“Certainly you can find a wife among your relatives or among all our people! You should not have to go and get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines.” But Samson said to his father,“Get her for me, because she is the right one for me.”

  • Luke 8:42
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    42because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed around him.

  • Num 30:16
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    16These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses, relating to a man and his wife, and a father and his young daughter who is still living in her father’s house.

  • Judg 12:7
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    7Jephthah led Israel for six years; then he died and was buried in his city in Gilead.

  • Exod 21:9
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    9If he designated her for his son, then he will deal with her according to the customary rights of daughters.

  • Judg 19:3
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    3her husband came after her, hoping he could convince her to return. He brought with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. When she brought him into her father’s house and the girl’s father saw him, he greeted him warmly.

  • Judg 21:21
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    21and keep your eyes open. When you see the daughters of Shiloh coming out to dance in the celebration, jump out from the vineyards. Each one of you, catch yourself a wife from among the daughters of Shiloh and then go home to the land of Benjamin.

  • Judg 12:9
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    9He had thirty sons. He arranged for thirty of his daughters to be married outside his extended family, and he arranged for thirty young women to be brought from outside as wives for his sons. Ibzan led Israel for seven years;

  • Judg 15:1
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    1Samson Versus the Philistines Sometime later, during the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat as a gift and went to visit his bride. He said to her father,“I want to sleep with my bride in her bedroom!” But her father would not let him enter.

  • 1 Sam 4:19
    63%

    19His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phineas, was pregnant and close to giving birth. When she heard that the ark of God was captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she doubled over and gave birth. But her labor pains were too much for her.

  • Judg 19:24
    63%

    24Here are my virgin daughter and my guest’s concubine. I will send them out and you can abuse them and do to them whatever you like. But don’t do such a disgraceful thing to this man!”

  • Acts 21:9
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    9(He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.)

  • Hos 1:3
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    3So Hosea married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. Then she conceived and gave birth to a son for him.

  • Judg 11:9
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    9Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead,“All right! If you take me back to fight with the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, I will be your leader.”

  • Gen 38:16
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    16He turned aside to her along the road and said,“Come, please, I want to sleep with you.”(He did not realize it was his daughter-in-law.) She asked,“What will you give me so that you may sleep with me?”

  • Deut 22:17
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    17Moreover, he has raised accusations of impropriety by saying,‘I discovered your daughter was not a virgin,’ but this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity!” The cloth must then be spread out before the city’s elders.

  • Judg 21:12
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    12They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young girls who were virgins who had never been intimate with a man in bed. They brought them back to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

  • Deut 22:27
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    27for the man met her in the field and the engaged woman cried out, but there was no one to rescue her.

  • 1 Chr 2:34
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    34Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. Sheshan had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.