Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

Bible References

Mizpeh

Judges 11:11
Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpah.
Judges 10:17
Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpah.

His daughter

Exodus 15:20
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
1 Samuel 18:6
And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels, with joy, and with instruments of music.
Psalm 68:25
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
Psalm 148:11
Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:
Psalm 150:4
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and pipes.
Jeremiah 31:4
Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: you shall again be adorned with your timbrels, and shall go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

Neither

Zechariah 12:10
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Luke 7:12
Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and many people of the city were with her.
Luke 8:42
For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay dying. But as he went the people thronged him.
Luke 9:38
And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Teacher, I beseech you, look upon my son: for he is my only child.