Originally Posted by Hobbs

So, I think we can safely conclude that God is willing at times to overrule free will, i.e. there are some matters which are more important to God than free will. In this case in question, however, since God did nothing to intervene, I think we can safely conclude that Jephthah's free will to make and follow through on a stupid vow was more important to God than was the life of his daughter. I think God needs to get his priorities straight.