Religious Zeal: Jephthah

Jephthah made this vow to the LORD: “If indeed You will deliver the Ammonites into my hand,

…then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”

And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her. …