Jephthah’s Vow: Did He or Didn’t He?

For centuries scholars have debated the fate of Jephthah’s daughter. Did Jephthah sacrifice her as a burnt offering (Jud. 11:31) because of a foolish vow he made to Jehovah, or did he constrain her to perpetual virginity? Although we’ll never know for sure, widely respected Bible scholars C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch thought it “inconceivable” that God would have chosen a deliverer fo

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