Judges 8:24

8:24 Gideon continued, 1  “I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken.” 2  (The Midianites 3  had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

Judges 8:26

8:26 The total weight of the gold earrings he requested came to seventeen hundred gold shekels. 4  This was in addition to the crescent-shaped ornaments, jewelry, 5  purple clothing worn by the Midianite kings, and the necklaces on the camels. 6 

1 tn Heb “said to them.”

2 tn Heb “Give to me, each one, an earring from his plunder.”

3 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Midianites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

4 sn Seventeen hundred gold shekels would be about 42.7 pounds (19.4 kilograms) of gold.

5 tn Or “pendants.”

6 tn Heb “the ornaments which were on the necks of their camels.”