30 And Jephthah ^amade a vow to the Lord, and said, “If You will indeed deliver the people of Ammon into my hands,  ‡

31 then it will be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the people of Ammon, ^ashall surely be the Lord’s, ^band I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”  ‡

33 And he¹ defeated them from Aroer as far as ^aMinnith—twenty cities—and to Abel Keramim, with a very great slaughter. Thus the people of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.  ‡

34 When Jephthah came to his house at ^aMizpah, there was ^bhis daughter, coming out to meet him with timbrels and dancing; and she was his only child. Besides her he had neither son nor daughter.  ‡