And Jephthah (m) vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
(m) As the apostle commends Jephthah for his worthy enterprise in delivering the people, (Hebrews 11:32) so by his rash vow and wicked performance of the same, his victory was defaced: and here we see that the sins of the godly do not utterly extinguish their faith.