Judges 11:40 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ That the daughters of Israel went yearlyh to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year. ”

Judges 11:40 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There is no allusion extant elsewhere to this annual lamentation of the untimely fate of Jephthah’s daughter. But the poetical turn of the narrative suggests that it may be taken from some ancient...
Judges 11:40 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

to lament . to rehearse with, as in Judges 5:11 . to celebrate [her dedication] in praises. four days in. year. Thus annually her friends "went", evidently to Jephthah's daughter, to rehearse wi...
Judges 11:40 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year. To lament the daughter of Jephthah - I am satisfied that this is not a correct transla...
Judges 11:40 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

It came to pass at the end of two months— When Jephthah returned victorious, he was met by his daughter, who accordingly became the object of his vow, and therefore, as we understand it, being in e...
Judges 11:40 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year. That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament ... х lªtanowt ( H8567 )]...
Judges 11:40 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jephthah's Victory over the Ammonites. His Rash Vow 1-11. The Choice of Jephthah.
Judges 11:40 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To lament. — Rabbi Tanchum makes it mean “to praise,” or “celebrate.” The feelings of the Israelites towards Jephthah’s daughter would be much the same as that of the Romans towards Claelia, and of...
Judges 11:40 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE TERRIBLE VOW Judges 11:12-40 AT every stage of their history the Hebrews were capable of producing men of passionate religiousness. And this appears as a distinction of the group of nations...
Judges 11:40 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Shadowed victory Judges 11:29-40 All the nations around were accustomed to offer those dearest to them in sacrifice to their cruel national deities. This was pre-eminently the case with the n...
Judges 11:40 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At last deliverance came through Jephthah, whose history is full of interest. He was the son of a harlot and had been thrust out from his inheritance by the legitimate sons of his father. Evidently t...
Judges 11:40 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Various have been the opinions of pious men, on the subject of Jephthah's vow, and the event of it. But as the Holy Ghost hath not thought proper to make the subject clear, it should seem that it is...
Judges 11:40 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 p used may signify to t...
Judges 11:40 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 11:40 [That] the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year. Ver. 40. To lament. ] Or, To talk with her, as Judges 5:11 .
Judges 11:40 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah The Hebrew word לתנות, lethannoth , here rendered, to lament , occurs nowhere else in Scripture, but Judges 5:11 , where it...
Judges 11:40 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jephthah's Vow. B. C. 1143. 29 Then the Spirit of the L ORD came upon Jephthah, and h...
Judges 11:40 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Went yearly, to a place appointed for their meeting to this end, possibly to the place where she was sacrificed. To lament the daughter of Jephthah; to express their sorrow for her loss, accordin...
Judges 11:40 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 11:39 a ‘And so it was that at the end of two months she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed. And she had not known man.' Obedient to her cal...
Judges 11:40 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JEPHTHAH’S VOW ( Judges 11:30-31 ; Judges 11:34-40 ) CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 11:30 . Vowed a vow unto the Lord. ] He looked entirely to Jehovah for victory ( Psalms 18:2 ; Psalms 18:6 ; Psal...
Judges 11:40 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 11:1 . Jephthah son of a harlot. The Hebrew is the same as in Joshua 2:1 . The rabbins mostly read here, as Joshua 2 ., son of a hostess. Judges 11:3 . Vain men, rogues and rakes. The...
Judges 11:40 - The Biblical Illustrator

I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back. Retreat impossible I. what we have done. “I have opened my mouth unto the Lord . ” 1. We have opened our mouths before the Lord, f...
Judges 11:40 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 11:29 Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah , as upon Othniel, upon Gideon, and upon Samson ( Judges 3:16 ; Judges 6:34 ; Judges 13:25 ; Judges 14:19 ; Judge...
Judges 11:40 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jephthah, after his Victory, Keeps His Vow
Judges 11:40 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 9:25 ; Judges 5:11
Judges 11:40 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The daughter of Jephthah — It is really astonishing, that the general stream of commentators, should take it for granted, that Jephthah murdered his daughter! But, says Mr. Henry, "We do not find a...

Judges 11:40 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 11:40 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 11:40 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 11:40 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 11:40 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 11:40 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 11:40 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 11:40 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 11:40 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 11:40 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 11:40 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 11:40 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 11:40 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 11:40 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 11:40 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 11:40 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 11:40 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 11:40 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 11:40 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 11:40 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 11:40 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 11:40 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 11:40 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 11:40 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes