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Jephthah: His Rash Vow Concerning Bis Daughter

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Judges 11:31, 34–40 then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.” / And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her. / that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.