The Bible Story - Those Infamous Philistines - Basil Wolverton - July 1964

Basil Wolverton

When Jephthah returned to Mizpah after his victory over the Ammonites, he approached his home to see his only child dance out of his house to meet him! (Judges 11:34.) Doing What Seems Right. He remembered then the vow he had made to God before the battle. Jephthah was so upset that he tore his coat to shreds. As his daughter rushed to meet him, he seized her in a fond embrace. Then he told her of the vow he had made. It was a shock to her, but she didn't complain. "If you have made a vow to God," she told her father, "then you must keep it. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library