...the Lord delivered them into his hand. — And Jephtha came to Mifpeh to his houfe, and behold his Daughter came out to meet him With Timbrels and with Dances, and Jhe was his only Child : Befide her he had neither Son nor Daughter — And it came to fafs when he...

...fubdued before the Children of Ifrael. 34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh, unto his Houfe, and behold, hh Daughter came out to meet him with Timbrels and with Dances, and (he was his only Child; befide her he had neither Son nor Daughter. 35 And it came to pafs when he...

...upon his firft feeing his daughter, " He rent his cloaths and (aid, alas ! my daughter, thou D d haft brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me. ' I think his forrow here is exprefs'd in far ftronger terms, than if perpetual virginity had been...

...death " his only child ; beside her he had neither son nor daughter," how great was his affliction ! " And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent...Alas ! my daughter ! thou hast brought me very low." " A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping ; Rahel weeping for her children refused...

...lynx-eyed in a burial-ground as at the Stock Exchange. Here and there is an inscription to an only child. " She was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter." Oh ! what love, what loneliness, what agony, does that word only represent! <The colonnade of Grecian...

...produced such a strong perturbation of mind, as to occasion him to rend htsclothes, and to exclaim, " Alas, my daughter, thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them thafc trouble me.'r It seems no good argument against the interpretation^ I contend for, that the admission...

...timbrels and with dances, to -welcome him and congratulate his "victory : and she [was his] only 35 child ; beside her he had neither son nor daughter....to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, as was usual when great .calamities happened, and said, Alas, my. daughter ! thou hast brought me very...

...came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, as was usual when great calamities happened, and said, Alas, my daughter ! thou hast brought me...very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me ; thou art one of my great troubles I that is, together with his brethren, and the Ammonites ; and...

...his return in triumph, his daughter met him ; for it is said, " He rent his clothes, and said, Ahs ! my daughter, thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me." But they who think so, seem to be strangers to the Old Testament notions, and to human nature, it appears...

...all the minstrel band. P. 67. I. 4. 5. " And Jephtha came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels, and with dances ; and she was his only child : belides her he had neither son nor daughter." — V. 34. » " Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought...