The account merely concludes: “Jephthah continued to judge Israel for six years, after which [he] died and was buried in his city in Gilead. ” ​ — Judges 3: 11, 30; 5: 31; 8: 28; 12: 7.
Jutustus ütleb vaid: „Jefta mõistis Iisraelile kohut kuus aastat; siis gileadlane Jefta suri ja ta maeti oma linna Gileadis. ”