Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
2.    Jephthah dedicated her to the service of Yahweh at the tabernacle where she ministered from then on as a virgin. [Note: Advocates of this view include Keil and Delitzsch, p. 338; Feinberg, p. 6; Wood, Distressing Days . . ., p. 288-95; et al.] 