Judges 11:40
“That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.”
And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
And 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,
That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
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Related Verses
“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.”
“And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.”
“And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.”
“And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead.”
“And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The Lord be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.”