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Jephthah's daughter
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[[File:Tissot Jephthah's Daughter.jpg|thumb|180px|[[James Tissot]], ''Jephthah's daughter'', c. 1896-1902.]]
'''Jephthah's daughter''' is a figure in the [[Hebrew Bible]], whose story is recounted in [[Book of Judges|Judges]] 11. The judge [[Jephthah]] had just won a battle over the [[Ammon]]ites, and vowed that he would offer the first thing that came out of his house as a [[Burnt offering (Judaism)|burnt offering]] to [[Yahweh]]. However, his only child, an unnamed daughter, came out to meet him dancing and playing a tambourine (v. 34). She encourages Jephthah to fulfil his vow (v. 36) but asks for two months to weep for her virginity (v. 38). After this period of time Jephthah fulfilled his vow and offered his daughter.
Jephthah's daughter is called "Adah" by the [[Order of the Eastern Star]] and is one of its five heroines, representing obedience to duty.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of names for the biblical nameless]]
==References==
[[Category:Book of Judges]]
[[Category:Women in the Hebrew Bible]]
'''Jephthah's daughter''' is a figure in the [[Hebrew Bible]], whose story is recounted in [[Book of Judges|Judges]] 11. The judge [[Jephthah]] had just won a battle over the [[Ammon]]ites, and vowed that he would offer the first thing that came out of his house as a [[Burnt offering (Judaism)|burnt offering]] to [[Yahweh]]. However, his only child, an unnamed daughter, came out to meet him dancing and playing a tambourine (v. 34). She encourages Jephthah to fulfil his vow (v. 36) but asks for two months to weep for her virginity (v. 38). After this period of time Jephthah fulfilled his vow and offered his daughter.
Jephthah's daughter is called "Adah" by the [[Order of the Eastern Star]] and is one of its five heroines, representing obedience to duty.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of names for the biblical nameless]]
==References==
[[Category:Book of Judges]]
[[Category:Women in the Hebrew Bible]]
July 29, 2018 at 11:25AM
