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Judges 11:40

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That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
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  1. 1 Kings 9:25Rank 1 from verse 40
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    25¶ And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house.

  2. Judges 5:11Rank 2 from verse 40
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    11They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates.

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Judges 11:40

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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lament

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To mourn, grieve, weep, wail, or express sorrow; an expression or song of grief.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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39And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,

40That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

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