Of this kind is the war of Jephthah against the ammonites, in defence of their borders. |
Jephthah looked expectantly and in silence from one young face to the other. |
For Jephthah, Chemosh is obviously as real a personage as Jahveh. |
Should Jephthah have broken the vow that sacrificed his daughter? |
Jephthah swore to the Lord in Mizpeh of Galeed to sacrifice his only daughter if he won. |
The custom of annually bewailing the vanished spirit of fertility is rationalized in Judges as a lamentation for the hapless daughter of Jephthah. |