“Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in the cities of Gilead.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Judges 12 contains 15 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.