19:16 But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. 4 The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah. (The residents of the town were Benjaminites.) 5
1 sn Seventeen hundred gold shekels would be about 42.7 pounds (19.4 kilograms) of gold.
2 tn Or “pendants.”
3 tn Heb “the ornaments which were on the necks of their camels.”
4 tn Heb “And look, an old man was coming from his work, from the field in the evening.”
5 tn Heb “And the men of the place were Benjaminites.”