Jephthah

Hey, Kids! Just came back from church. One of the verses included in the lesson was Judges 11:30-32. (The topic had to do with prayer, and this is one of the verses cited.)

But I want to share with you quoting directly from the New International Version (NIV). Why? Because it reminded me of "Be careful for what you ask."

Here goes Judges 11:30-35:

30 And Jephthah made a vow 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 from the Ammonites will be the LORD’s, and I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.”

32 Then Jephthah went over to fight the Ammonites, and the LORD gave them into his hands.

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

35 When he saw her, he tore his clothes and cried, “Oh no, my daughter! You have brought me down and I am devastated. I have made a vow to the LORD that I cannot break.”