Completely forgot about this story.
Reading about it again without Watchtower blinders on is funny because I'm still unlearning JW programming.
It isn't difficult for me to believe now that Jephthah sacrificed his daughter. It was happening all the time back then.That's why Jehovah gave laws against it and why the prophets were constantly condemning Israel for doing it. Seems like It was all the rage back then. It was so pervasive back then that 2 of Israel's kings Ahaz and Mannaseh tried it out. They killed their kids about 600 years later after the whole Jephthah blunder. Imagine the shit going on with the common Israelite grunts for 100's of years in between the Judges period and Israel's last king..
Deut 18:10-12
Lev 18:21
Jer.7:31 Ezk 20:31
Nothing like a good ole Watchtower whitewashing!