32 Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the Lord handed them over(A) to him. 33 He defeated twenty of their cities with a great slaughter from Aroer all the way to the entrance of Minnith and to Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were subdued(B) before the Israelites.

34 When Jephthah went to his home in Mizpah, there was his daughter, coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing!(C) She was his only child; he had no other son or daughter besides her.

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