Judges 11:37
“And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows .”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And it came to pass at the end of two months she returned to her father,.... For the request she made was not a pretence…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Bewail my virginity - To become a wife and a mother was the end of existence to an Israelite maiden. The premature death…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Judges 11:29-40
We have here Jephthah triumphing in a glorious victory, but, as an alloy to his joy, troubled and distressed by an…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
and go down upon the mountains A slight emendation (weradhtifor weyaradhti) improves the sense: and roamor wander…