Literary Context
This verse functions like a concluding note at the end of a judge’s account in Judges: it gives the length of service, reports death, and mentions burial. It follows the immediate conflict with Ephraim earlier in the same chapter, so it reads as the final wrap-up after Jephthah’s military and internal leadership episodes. After this, the narrative moves on to the next leaders, using similarly brief notices to mark transitions and to keep the story moving through successive regional deliverers.