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A Daughter's Noble Submission
Commentators universally highlight the remarkable response of Jephthah's daughter. Her words, "do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth," are seen as an act of heroic faith and filial devotion. Scholars note her willingness to submit for the sake of her father's integrity and the good of her nation, which had just been granted victory by God.
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Albert Barnes
On Judges 11:36
18th Century
Theologian
The touching submission of Jephthah’s daughter to an inevitable fate shows how deeply rooted at that time was the pagan notion of the propriety of …
Charles Ellicott
On Judges 11:36
19th Century
Bishop
And she said to him. —To explain this the Septuagint adds the words, “I have opened my mouth to the Lord against or c…
John Gill
On Judges 11:36
17th Century
Pastor
And she said unto him, my father, [if] you have opened your
mouth unto the Lord
The c…
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Matthew Henry
On Judges 11:29–40
17th Century
Minister
Several important lessons are to be learned from Jephthah's vow.
- There may be remnants of distrust and doubt, even in the hearts of tr…