Judges 8:32
And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, closing his life as Israel's deliverer. His death removed the restraining authority that had held the nation from open apostasy during his lifetime. Once freed from that control, the people gradually turned back to idolatry.