Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible
Judges 12 - Introduction
Chapter 12. Jephthah and Ephraim Fall Out.
This chapter relates a quarrel between Jephthah and the Ephraimites, which was fatal to the latter; the period of Jephthah's judging of Israel; his death and burial, and then briefly makes reference to three more judges of Israel, Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon.