Judges 8:22

Context

Gideon Rejects a Crown but Makes an Ephod

8:22 The men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us – you, your son, and your grandson. For you have delivered us from Midian’s power.”¹

Judges 8:24

Context
8:24 Gideon continued,² “I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken.”³ (The Midianites⁴ had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

[8:22] ¹tn Heb “hand.”

[8:24] ²tn Heb “said to them.”

[8:24] ³tn Heb “Give to me, each one, an earring from his plunder.”

[8:24] ⁴tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Midianites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.