Judges 11:40 - Forerunner Commentary

Judges 11:40

38 So he said, “Go.” And he sent her away for two months; and she went with her friends, and bewailed her virginity on the mountains.

39 And it was so at the end of two months that she returned to her father, and he ^acarried out his vow with her which he had vowed. She¹ knew no man. And it became a custom in Israel

40 that the daughters of Israel went four days each year to¹ lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.

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Definitions of words in Judges 11:40:

Daughter {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Daughter {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Four {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Israel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Israel {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Israel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Jephthah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Jephthah {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Lament {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Year {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Year {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Other definition entries containing Judges 11:40:

Judges, Book of {Easton's}
Four {I.S.B.E.}
God, 2 {I.S.B.E.}
Jephthah {I.S.B.E.}
Judges, Period Of {I.S.B.E.}

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