Hakim-hakim 11:34

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Ketika Yefta pulang ke Mizpa ke rumahnya, tampaklah anaknya perempuan keluar menyongsong dia dengan memukul rebana serta menari-nari. Dialah anaknya yang tunggal; selain dari dia tidak ada anaknya laki-laki atau perempuan.

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Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Ketika Yefta pulang ke Mizpa ke rumahnya, tampaklah anaknya perempuan keluar menyongsong dia dengan memukul rebana serta menari-nari. Dialah anaknya yang tunggal; selain dari dia tidak ada anaknya laki-laki atau perempuan.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Hata, setelah sampai Yefta di Mizpa hampir dengan rumahnya, bahwasanya keluarlah anaknya perempuan mengelu-elukan dia sambil menabuh rebana, sambil menyanyi ramai-ramai. Maka adalah ia anaknya yang tunggal, tiada lagi anak padanya, baik laki-laki atau perempuan, melainkan anak ini seorang jua.

Contextual Overview

²⁹ Then the spirite of the Lord came vpo Iephthah, and he passed ouer to Gilead & to Manasses, and came to Mispah that lieth in Gilead, & from thence vnto the children of Ammon. ³⁰ And Iephthah vowed a vowe vnto ye Lorde, & sayd: If thou shalt deliuer the children of Ammon into my handes, ³¹ Then that thing that commeth out of the doores of my house against me, whe I come home in peace from the children of Ammon, shalbe the Lordes, and I will offer it vp for a burnt offering. ³² And so Iephthah went vnto the children of Ammon to fight agaynst them, and the Lorde deliuered them into his handes. ³³ And he smote them from Aroer tyll thou come to Mennith, euen twentie cities, and so foorth to the playne of the vineyardes, with an exceeding great slaughter: And thus the childre of Ammon were brought vnder, before the children of Israel. ³⁴ When Iephthah came to Misphah vnto his house, see, his daughter came out agaynst him with timbrelles and daunces, which was his onely chylde: so that beside her, he had neither sonne nor daughter. ³⁵ And when he sawe her, he rent his clotes, & sayde: Alas my daughter, thou hast brought me lowe, & art one of them that troubleth me: For I haue opened my mouth vnto the Lorde, and cannot go backe. ³⁶ And she sayde vnto him: My father, if thou haue opened thy mouth vnto the Lorde, then do with me according to it that proceeded out of thy mouth, for as much as the Lorde hath auenged thee of thyne enemies ye children of Ammon. ³⁷ And she sayd vnto her father, Do this much for me: Let me alone two monethes, that I may go to the mountaynes and bewayle my virginite, I and my felowes. ³⁸ And he sayd, go. And he sent her away two monethes: And so she went with her companions, & lamented her maydenhead vpon the mountaynes.

Bible Verse Review
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Mizpeh: Judges 11:11, Judges 10:17

his daughter: Judges 5:1-31, Exodus 15:20, 1 Samuel 18:6, 1 Samuel 18:7, Psalms 68:25, Psalms 148:11, Psalms 148:12, Psalms 150:4, Jeremiah 31:4, Jeremiah 31:13

beside her: or, he had not of his own either son or daughter, Heb. of himself

neither: Zechariah 12:10, Luke 7:12, Luke 8:42, Luke 9:38

Reciprocal: Genesis 14:17 - to Exodus 18:7 - went Judges 21:21 - dance 2 Samuel 1:20 - Philistines 2 Samuel 6:14 - danced Psalms 149:3 - in the dance

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house,.... Where he had uttered his words before the Lord, which had passed between him and the elders of Gilead, and from whence he set out to fight the children of Ammon, and whither he returned after he had got the victory over them,

Judges 11:11 and where it seems he had a house, and his family dwelt; for upon his being fetched from the land of Tab, he brought what family he had with him, and settled them at Mizpeh, while he went on the expedition against the children of Ammon:

and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him, with timbrels, and with dances; accompanied with young women, having timbrels in their hands, and playing upon them, and dancing as they came along; expressing their joy at, and congratulating him upon, the victory he had obtained over the children of Ammon:

and she [was his] only child: and so dear unto him, and upon whom all his hopes and expectations of a posterity from him depended:

besides her he had neither son nor daughter: some read it, "of her" f; that is, she had neither son nor daughter; and so by this vow, be it understood in which way it may be, if fulfilled, she must die without any issue; though the phrase in the Hebrew text is, "of himself" g; he had none, though his wife whom he married might have sons and daughters by an husband she had before him, and so these were brought up in Jephthah's house as his children; yet they were not begotten by him, they were not of his body, not his own children; he had none but this daughter, which made the trial the more grievous to him; her name, according to Philo, was Seila.

f ממנה Targum apud Kimchi. Vid. Masoram in loc. "ex ea", so some in Vatablus. g ממנו "ex se", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius Tremellius so Noldius, p. 614. No. 1641.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His daughter came out to meet him - The precise phrase of his vow Judges 11:31. She was his “only child,” a term of special endearment (see Jeremiah 6:26; Zechariah 12:10). The same word is used of Isaac Genesis 22:2, Genesis 22:12, Genesis 22:16.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 11:34. With timbrels and with dances — From this instance we find it was an ancient custom for women to go out to meet returning conquerors with musical instruments, songs, and dances; and that it was continued afterwards is evident from the instance given 1 Samuel 18:6, where David was met, on his return from the defeat of Goliath and the Philistines, by women from all the cities of Israel, with singing and dancing, and various instruments of music.