Jephthah the Gileadite and his only daughter

Jephthah made the promise before he went to war with the Ammonites. He prayed that if God would give him victory over the Ammonites, he would dedicate to God and offer in sacrifice whoever was the first to come out of his home to greet him on his return.

That person was to turn out to be his only daughter.

Jephthah the Gileadite judged or led Israel for six years, then he died and was buried in the town of Gilead.

Jephthah in Hebrew means: opposer.

Background reading:

Jephthah’s daughter

Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah; and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with
dances; she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
Judges 11:34