| Jephthah swore to the Lord in Mizpeh of Galeed to sacrifice his only daughter if he won. |
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| I would also nominate Jephthah, Samson, Saul, Ahab, Naomi, and Esther as characters with persuasive power. |
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| The custom of annually bewailing the vanished spirit of fertility is rationalized in Judges as a lamentation for the hapless daughter of Jephthah. |
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| This was also the understanding of Jephthah and his daughter. |
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