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Judges 11
Jephthah, driven out by his half-brothers, is called back by the elders of Gilead to fight the Ammonites. He argues Israel's claim to the land, then vows to offer whatever first comes out of his house; returning victorious, he is met by his only daughter.
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- Plausible
Early date, about 1446 BC: 480 years before Solomon began the Temple, about 966 BC.
From 1 Kings 6:1, supported by Jephthah's '300 years' (Judges 11:26). Critics of this view read 480 as twelve generations of forty years.