TSK · Judges 21:1

Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare among you.

Jephthah made a vow to the LORD, saying,“If you really do hand the Ammonites over to me,

All Israel rose up in unison and said,“Not one of us will go home! Not one of us will return to his house!

The Israelites asked,“Who from all the Israelite tribes has not assembled before the LORD?”They had made a solemn oath that whoever did not assemble before the LORD at Mizpah must certainly be executed.

But we can’t allow our daughters to marry them, for the Israelites took an oath, saying,‘Whoever gives a woman to a Benjaminite will be destroyed!’

Jonathan Violates Saul’s Oath Now the men of Israel were hard pressed that day, for Saul had made the army agree to this oath:“Cursed be the man who eats food before evening! I will get my vengeance on my enemies!” So no one in the army ate anything.

(5:1) Do not be rash with your mouth or hasty in your heart to bring up a matter before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth! Therefore, let your words be few.

He swore to her,“Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”

For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.