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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 11:38

And he said, go ,.... He granted her request at once: and he sent her away for two months ; as she desired: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains ; for the space of two months: the Jewish commentators make mention of an allegorical exposition of a writer F9 Tanchuma. of theirs, who by mountains understands the sanhedrim, to whom she proposed to go, who perhaps might find a way for the loosing of the vow; but it is a question whether... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 11:39

And it came to pass at the end of two months she returned to her father ,.... For the request she made was not a pretence to make her escape out of his hands; but having done what she proposed to do, and the time fixed for it being come, she returned to her father's house, and delivered herself to him: who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed : but what he did is a question, and which is not easily resolved; some think he really sacrificed her, through a mistaken sense of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 11:40

That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite ,.... Either the death of her, as some, or her virginity, as others; though the word F16 לתנות "ad alloquendum", Pagninus, Montanus; "ut dissererent", Tigurine version; "ut colloquerentur", Vatablus; "ad confabulandum", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. used may signify to talk and discourse with her, to hold a confabulation with her, and comfort her, as Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it; to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 11:29

Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah - The Lord qualified him for the work he had called him to do, and thus gave him the most convincing testimony that his cause was good. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 11:31

Shall surely be the Lord ' s , and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering - The text is עולה והעליתיהו ליהוה והיה vehayah layhovah , vehaalithihu olah ; the translation of which, according to the most accurate Hebrew scholars, is this: I will consecrate it to the Lord, or I will offer it for a burnt-offering; that is, "If it be a thing fit for a burnt-offering, it shall be made one; if fit for the service of God, it shall be consecrated to him." That... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 11:33

Twenty cities - That is, he either took or destroyed twenty cities of the Ammonites, and completely routed their whole army. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 11:34

With timbrels and with dances - From this instance we find it was an ancient custom for women to go out to meet returning conquerors with musical instruments, songs, and dances; and that it was continued afterwards is evident from the instance given 1 Samuel 18:6 , where David was met, on his return from the defeat of Goliath and the Philistines, by women from all the cities of Israel, with singing and dancing, and various instruments of music. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 11:35

Thou hast brought me very low - He was greatly distressed to think that his daughter, who was his only child, should be, in consequence of his vow, prevented from continuing his family in Israel; for it is evident that he had not any other child, for besides her, says the text, he had neither son nor daughter, Judges 11:34 . He might, therefore, well be grieved that thus his family was to become extinct in Israel. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 11:36

And she said unto him - What a pattern of filial piety and obedience! She was at once obedient, pious, and patriotic. A woman to have no offspring was considered to be in a state of the utmost degradation among the Hebrews; but she is regardless of all this, seeing her father is in safety, and her country delivered. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 11:37

I and my fellows - Whether she meant the young women of her own acquaintance, or those who had been consecrated to God in the same way, though on different accounts, is not quite clear; but it is likely she means her own companions: and her going up and down upon the mountains may signify no more than her paying each of them a visit at their own houses, previously to her being shut up at the tabernacle; and this visiting of each at their own home might require the space of two months.... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 11:38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 11:39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 11:40

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 11:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 11:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 11:33

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 11:34

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 11:35

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 11:36

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 11:37

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