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 Abiezrites.'

The reference to his ‘good old age' demonstrates to the writer that his life had pleased God. He was gathered to his fathers in the family sepulchre. From now on ‘died and was buried' becomes the final accolade to a good judge (deliberately omitted in the case of Abimelech).

To be fair to Gideon his new lifestyle was probably approved of by his contemporaries who overlooked the warnings of God. They probably felt that he was living in the style to which his position entitled him. So easily do we think we know better than God. But it would not be long after his death before the wisdom of God's laws would become apparent.