1. Judges 12:1–7 (ESV)
  2. Structure and outline

Similarity of ending between the Jephthah and Gideon accounts

Judges 12:1–7 (ESV)

1 The men of Ephraim were called to arms, and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the Ammonites and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house over you with fire.”

The Jephthah narrative concludes not with victory over the enemy, as it did in the Ehud and Barak/Deborah narratives. Instead, its conclusion looks more like that of the Gideon account. Both narratives carry on and conclude with recounting the subsequent deeds of the judges (Judges 8:13–32; Judges 12:1–15).1