Judges 8:26

8:26 The total weight of the gold earrings he requested came to seventeen hundred gold shekels. ¹  This was in addition to the crescent-shaped ornaments, jewelry, ²  purple clothing worn by the Midianite kings, and the necklaces on the camels. ³ 

Judges 8:24

8:24 Gideon continued, ⁴  “I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken.” ⁵  (The Midianites ⁶  had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

[8:26]  ¹ sn Seventeen hundred gold shekels would be about 42.7 pounds (19.4 kilograms) of gold.

[8:26]  ² tn Or “pendants.”

[8:26]  ³ tn Heb “the ornaments which were on the necks of their camels.”

[8:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “said to them.”

[8:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “Give to me, each one, an earring from his plunder.”

[8:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Midianites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.