³⁰ And Jephthah made a vow^(A) to the Lord: “If you give the Ammonites into my hands, ³¹ whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in triumph^(B) from the Ammonites will be the Lord’s, and I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.^(C)”

³⁴ When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out to meet him but his daughter, dancing^(A) to the sound of timbrels!^(B) She was an only child.^(C) Except for her he had neither son nor daughter.