Judges 8:5

8:5 He said to the men of Succoth, “Give ¹  some loaves of bread to the men ²  who are following me, ³  because they are exhausted. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

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 Or perhaps, “sell.”

² tn Heb “people.” The translation uses “men” because these were warriors and in ancient Israelite culture would have been exclusively males.

³ tn Heb “who are at my feet.”

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.”