Jephthahs daughter

This passage is difficult for to interpreter, really Jephthah killed his

daughter? Or something else happened? For response this questions we
need to know some tools to correctly interpret the Bible.
Textbook
Whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return
in triumph from the Ammonites will be the LORD's, and I will sacrifice
it as a burnt offering. (Jdg 11:31 NIV)
We analyze the phrase is in bold, this expression confuse some because
the phrase sacrifice it as a burnt offering it gives the idea that this
father killer his daughter. But other clues in the text help us give a
correct interpretation to the Biblical text.
Something that you need to know
When you go to study the Bible is necessary ask yourself some
questions for example: what? where? when? What is the reason for that?
Etcetera. If you apply these questions and others to your passage under
study you can have a better interpretation of the text. For instance:
1. If Jephthah killed his daughter, why the author mention that she
was his only child?
2. Which was the greatest sadness of her daughter? The text says,
Die a virgin why his daughter is worried about that?
3. Which it is the reason that the author mentions she died still a
virgin?
In these three examples we can see that the major problem may be that
this woman died virgin I mean that the most probably is that the
problem was that the Jephthah's daughter "never married" the other
steps in this study confirm this.
The immediate context and the general context
In the immediate context we can see that the elders
speak with Jephthah about the great problem that had Israel, the elders
were considered important in Israel (x.3: 16, 18; 4: 29; 12: 21; 17: 5;
18: 12; 19: 7; 24: 1; Lev.4: 15; 9: 1, etc.) and later in the church (Act.11:
30; 14: 23; 15: 2; 1Tim. 4: 14; 5: 17) with that in mind the question is
how its possible that the elders do nothing? Two months passed but
the elders do nothing, this behavior is very strange (Jud. 11: 39)
On the other hand in the general context we know that God disapproves
of human sacrifice (Lev.18: 21; Deut.18: 10; Jer.7: 31). Therefore it is
difficult to think that God has not done anything.

Exegesis of the passage

The last tool that we need to know is the exegesis () that
means get out of