Judges 11:34-36

Living Bible

³⁴ When Jephthah returned home his daughter—his only child—ran out to meet him, playing on a tambourine and dancing for joy. ³⁵ When he saw her, he tore his clothes in anguish.

“Alas, my daughter!” he cried out. “You have brought me to the dust. For I have made a vow to the Lord and I cannot take it back.”

³⁶ And she said, “Father, you must do whatever you promised the Lord, for he has given you a great victory over your enemies, the Ammonites.