Judges 11:34

New Century Version

When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, his daughter was the first one to come out to meet him, playing a tambourine and dancing. She was his only child; he had no other sons or daughters.

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:14

Then David danced with all his might before the Lord. He had on a holy linen vest.

Psalm 150:4

Praise him with tambourines and dancing; praise him with stringed instruments and flutes.

Psalm 68:25

The singers are in front and the instruments are behind. In the middle are the girls with the tambourines.

Exodus 15:20

Then Aaron’s sister Miriam, a prophetess, took a tambourine in her hand. All the women followed her, playing tambourines and dancing.

Jeremiah 31:13

Then young women of Israel will be happy and dance, the young men and old men also. I will change their sadness into happiness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sadness.

Jeremiah 31:4

People of Israel, I will build you up again, and you will be rebuilt. You will pick up your tambourines again and dance with those who are joyful.

Zechariah 12:10

“I will pour out on David’s family and the people in Jerusalem a spirit of kindness and mercy. They will look at me, the one they have stabbed, and they will cry like someone crying over the death of an only child. They will be as sad as someone who has lost a firstborn son.

Luke 7:12

When he came near the town gate, he saw a funeral. A mother, who was a widow, had lost her only son. A large crowd from the town was with the mother while her son was being carried out.

Luke 8:42

Jairus’ only daughter, about twelve years old, was dying. While Jesus was on his way to Jairus’ house, the people were crowding all around him.

Luke 9:38

A man in the crowd shouted to him, “Teacher, please come and look at my son, because he is my only child.

Joshua 18:26

Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,

Judges 10:17

The Ammonites gathered for war and camped in Gilead. The Israelites gathered and camped at Mizpah.

Judges 11:11

So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander of their army. Jephthah repeated all of his words in front of the Lord at Mizpah.

Judges 20:1

So all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, joined together before the Lord in the city of Mizpah.

Judges 21:21

Watch for the young women from Shiloh to come out to join the dancing. Then run out from the vineyards and take one of the young Shiloh women and return to the land of Benjamin.