Jephte's sacrifice

[timeandeternity]

Judges 11 talks about Jephte and his promise to sacrifice the first living creature to greet him, if God will cause him to be victorious in battle. His daughter turns out to be the first person to greet him on his way back from the battlefield, and so Jephte keeps his promise to God and sacrifices her.
I’m sorry if this sounds like a ignorant question, but why would God allow Jephte to go through with this? If He stopped Abraham’s hand, because He saw that Abraham was ready to give up his son, why did He not do the same with Jephte, who was ready to give up his daughter?

 

[NotWorthy]

There was a big difference in these two episodes.

Jephte killed his daughter because he tested God.

Abraham was going to kill his son out of obedience to God.

God doesn’t like to be tested. He even says so.

 

[po18guy]

There was a big difference in these two episodes.

Jephte killed his daughter because he tested God.

Abraham was going to kill his son out of obedience to God.

God doesn’t like to be tested. He even says so.

Jephte experienced the same problem as Herod did when promising any wish to his own daughter. Careful of what you promise.

 

[Reepicheep]

God instructed Abraham to make the sacrifice.
Nowhere in Scripture does it say that God asked Jephte for a sacrifice.