Judges 8:21

8:21 Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, ¹  “Come on, ²  you strike us, for a man is judged by his strength.” ³  So Gideon killed ⁴  Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent-shaped ornaments which were on the necks of their camels.

Judges 8:24-26

8:24 Gideon continued, ⁵  “I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken.” ⁶  (The Midianites ⁷  had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.) 8:25 They said, “We are happy to give you earrings.” ⁸  So they ⁹  spread out a garment, and each one threw an earring from his plunder onto it. 8:26 The total weight of the gold earrings he requested came to seventeen hundred gold shekels. ¹⁰  This was in addition to the crescent-shaped ornaments, jewelry, ¹¹  purple clothing worn by the Midianite kings, and the necklaces on the camels. ¹² 

[8:21]  ¹ tn The words “to Gideon” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[8:21]  ² tn Or “Arise.”

[8:21]  ³ tn Heb “for as the man is his strength.”

[8:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “arose and killed.”

[8:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “said to them.”

[8:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “Give to me, each one, an earring from his plunder.”

[8:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Midianites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “We will indeed give.”

[8:25]  ⁹ tc In the LXX the subject of this verb is singular, referring to Gideon rather than to the Israelites.

[8:26]  ¹⁰ sn Seventeen hundred gold shekels would be about 42.7 pounds (19.4 kilograms) of gold.

[8:26]  ¹¹ tn Or “pendants.”

[8:26]  ¹² tn Heb “the ornaments which were on the necks of their camels.”