Before going out to combat the Ammonites, Judge Jephthah vowed that if Jehovah gave him the victory, the first person who would come out to meet him after the battle would be devoted to Jehovah’s service at the sanctuary. It so happened that it was his daughter, his only child, who came out to celebrate his victory with him. Jephthah’s heart was broken.
Trước khi chiến đấu với dân Am - môn, quan xét Giép - thê đã hứa nguyện là nếu Đức Giê - hô - va giúp ông chiến thắng thì người đầu tiên ra đón ông trở về sẽ được dâng hiến để phụng sự ngài tại lều thánh.