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 18:28

18:28 No one came to the rescue because the city ⁴  was far from Sidon ⁵  and they had no dealings with anyone. ⁶  The city ⁷  was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites ⁸  rebuilt the city and occupied it.

[8:24]  ¹ tn Heb “said to them.”

[8:24]  ² tn Heb “Give to me, each one, an earring from his plunder.”

[8:24]  ³ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Midianites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “it.” The Hebrew pronoun is feminine singular here, referring to the “city” (a grammatically feminine singular noun) mentioned in v. 27.

[18:28]  ⁵ map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[18:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “and a thing there was not to them with men.”

[18:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “it.” The Hebrew pronoun is feminine singular here, referring to the “city” (a grammatically feminine singular noun) mentioned in v. 27.

[18:28]  ⁸ tn Heb “They”; the referent (the Danites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.