Judges 11

Judges 11:3

Tob] Some thirty miles East from the waters of Merom.

Judges 11:13

My Land.] No. It was the Land of the Moabites; after of Sihon; and from him conquered by the Israelites, by Gods command and donation, ver. 21, 22.

Three hundred years] And four of five over, which are omitted for the roundnesse of the number. As Ch. XX. 46. 2 Sam. V. 5. See the Observations on Ch XX. 46.

Judges 11:30

A Vow] Of Vowes, see the Annotations on Jonah. I. 16.

Judges 11:31

And I will offer it] These words of Jephthah’s Vow do fairly admit a Disjunctive acceptation of the letter Vau to be interpreted and rendered Or, and not and. As it is likewise used in Gen. XXVI. 11. Exod. I. 10, and XXI. 15, 17. Deut. XVII. 9, 12. and XIX. 17. Judg. XV. 18. 1 Sam. VI. 3. Jer. VI. 20. and IX. 12. and XIII. 23. and XVI. 2, 7. and XXI. 9. and in very many other places.

Judges 11:37

Bewaile my Virginity] Much more her death, if she had been vowed to be a burnt-offering; but that she doth not mention.

Judges 11:39

And she knew no man] But lived a Virgin, as her father had vowed, and she consented.

Judges 11:40

To lament] Or talk with her, and comfort her, being cut off from all hope of having posterity to uphold her fathers house, ver. 34.