Judges 11:35 (WEB)
When he saw her, he tore his clothes, and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to the LORD, and I can’t go back.”
Fathers and councils · 2
Jerome
“Jephthah too offered up his virgin daughter, and for this is placed by the apostle in the roll of the saints.” — editor's note: Judg. xi. 34–40; Heb. xi. 32.
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Ambrose of Milan
“He rent his clothes and said: “Alas, my daughter, thou hast entangled me, thou art become a source of trouble unto me.”” — editor's note: Judg. xi. 35.
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.12.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.12.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.12.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.12.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.12.