Jephthah:

i.e.one of the “judges” or generals ofancient Israel,whose story is given in the Bible ( Judges 11).He vowed before battle that if victorious hewould sacrifice the first living creature that came tomeet him on his return. Then it was his daughter whocame to meet him. He kept his vow and she becamethe victim. Before she died. she bewailed her virgini-ty. Jephthah was the subject of a ballad from whichHamlet quotes耶弗他，古以色列的“士师”或将军，为践誓言，杀女作为燔祭牺牲。
△Ham.2.2.431 (403):“O Jephthah,judge of Israel,what a treasure hadst thou!” (The“treasure” was the daughter.Hamlet compares Polo-nius to Jephthah and Ophelia to his daughter. )啊，耶弗他，以色列的士师，你有一件多么好的宝贝啊！
△3H.VI.5.1.89:“Perhaps thou wilt object my holy oath: / To keepthat oath were more impiety / Than Jephthah’s whenhe sacrificed his daughter.” 也许你会提出我那神圣的誓言；可是如果遵守那项誓言，就比耶弗他杀他自己的女儿做牺牲那个罪恶还要更大。

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