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Jephthah's Bargain

Name: Jephthah's Bargain
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Jephthah returns from battle with shield, sword, and armed men behind him, only to be met by his daughter coming out with tambourines and dancing. Her joyful welcome stands in tragic contrast to his anguished gesture, capturing the moment he realizes the cost of the vow he made before victory. The household doorway, stone path, and celebratory music frame the sorrow of a rash promise that cannot be taken back.

Drawn from Judges 11, the scene centers on Jephthah’s bargain with the Lord and the heartbreaking consequence when his only child is the first to greet him. The passage warns against reckless vows, treating God as a negotiator, and confusing zeal with faithful obedience. This artwork serves well for teaching on integrity, worship, leadership, grief, and the seriousness of words spoken before God.

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Review & Herald Publishing

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Keywords	Jephthah Jephthah daughter judges sacrifice tambourine vow
Secondary Keywords	dance daughter israelites old testament promise shield victory warrior
Tertiary Keywords	battle return family grief Judges of Israel leadership lesson obedience rash words teaching resource tragic vow
Scriptures	Judges 11:30-40 Judges 11:34-35 Judges 11 30 And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD and said, “If you will give the Ammonites into my hand, 31 then whatever comes out from the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the Ammonites shall be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.” 32 So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the LORD gave them into his hand. 33 And he struck them from Aroer to the neighborhood of Minnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel-keramim, with a great blow. So the Ammonites were subdued before the people of Israel. 34 Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah. And behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances. She was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter. 35 And as soon as he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you have become the cause of great trouble to me. For I have opened my mouth to the LORD, and I cannot take back my vow.” 36 And she said to him, “My father, you have opened your mouth to the LORD; do to me according to what has gone out of your mouth, now that the LORD has avenged you on your enemies, on the Ammonites.” 37 So she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me: leave me alone two months, that I may go up and down on the mountains and weep for my virginity, I and my companions.” 38 So he said, “Go.” Then he sent her away for two months, and she departed, she and her companions, and wept for her virginity on the mountains. 39 And at the end of two months, she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow that he had made. She had never known a man, and it became a custom in Israel 40 that the daughters of Israel went year by year to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year. Judges 11 34 Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah. And behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances. She was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter. 35 And as soon as he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you have become the cause of great trouble to me. For I have opened my mouth to the LORD, and I cannot take back my vow.”

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