The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, in addition to the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and in addition to the chains that were about their camels’ necks.
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The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, in addition to the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and in addition to the chains that were about their camels’ necks.
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And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels’ necks.
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And the weight of the golden ear-rings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.
Cross-references (9)
Passages linked to Judges 8:26 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Esther 8:15 Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and was glad.
- Jeremiah 10:9 There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the engraver and of the hands of the goldsmith. Their clothing is blue and purple. They are all the work of skillful men.
- John 19:2 The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown, and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment.
- John 19:5 Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, “Behold, the man!”
- Revelation 18:12 merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet, all expensive wood, every vessel of ivory, every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble;
- Revelation 18:16 saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, she who was dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls!
- Ezekiel 27:7 Your sail was of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt, that it might be to you for a banner. Blue and purple from the islands of Elishah was your awning.
- Revelation 17:4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of the sexual immorality of the earth.
- Luke 16:19 “Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, sweet balls.
Or, sweet balls.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 8:26 And the weight of the golden earrings…
Jdg 8:26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that [was] on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that [were] about their camels’ necks.
Ver. 26. And collars.] Or golden cabinets; wherein they carried balsam to pour into their wounds. {a}
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{a} Vatab.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the weight of the golden earrings he requested…
And the weight of the golden earrings he requested was one thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold,.... Which, as Schcuchzer (e) computes, was eight hundred and ten ounces, five drachms, one scruple, and ten grains, of the weight of physicians; but as reckoned by Moatanus (f) amounted to eight hundred and fifty ounces, and were of the value of 6800 crowns of gold; and, according to Waserus (g), it amounted to 3400 Hungarian pieces of gold, and of their money at Zurich upwards of 15,413 pounds, and of our money 2,380 pounds:
besides ornaments; such as were upon the necks of the camels, Jdg 8:21 for the same word is used here as there:
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and collars; the Targum renders it a crown, and Ben Melech says in the Arabic language the word signifies clear crystal; but Kimchi and Ben Gersom take them to be golden vessels, in which they put "stacte", or some odoriferous liquor, and so were properly smelling bottles:
and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian; which it seems was the colour that kings wore, as they now do; so Strabo (h) says of the kings of Arabia, that they are clothed in purple:
and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks; which seem to be different from the other ornaments about them, since another word is here used; now all these seem to have been what fell to his share, as the general of the army, and not what were given him by the people.
(e) Physica Sacra, vol. 3. p. 468. (f) Tubal Cain, p. 15. (g) De Numis. Heb. l. 2. c. 10. (h) Geograph. l. 16. p. 539.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 26. The weight of the golden ear-rings -…
Verse 26. The weight of the golden ear-rings - was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold] Taking the shekel at half an ounce weight, the sum of the gold collected in ear-rings was seventy pounds ten ounces; and worth, as gold now rates, about £3,100 sterling.
This computation of the weight of the golden ear-rings, taken from the slaughtered Ishmaelites, will bring to the reader's mind the slaughter of the Roman knights by the Carthaginians at the battle of Cannae, from whose spoils Hannibal sent three bushels of gold rings to the city of Carthage!
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain If the Ishmaelite nose-rings were half a shekel in…
If the Ishmaelite nose-rings were half a shekel in weight, then 1,700 shekels weight of gold implied that 3,400 persons wearing, gold rings had been slain. The “collars” were rather “ear-drops.”
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain And jewels. Some translate, "crescents (Septuagint, "little moons,") and…
And jewels. Some translate, "crescents (Septuagint, "little moons,") and boxes" (netiphoth, Menochius) of perfumes, such as Alexander found among the spoils of Darius, and reserved to put his Homer in. These ornaments were also used by women, Isaias iii. 18. (Calmet) --- The eastern nations delight in perfumes. (Menochius) --- The ear-rings alone would amount to 3102l. 10s. sterling. (Haydock)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain ornaments--crescent-like plates of gold suspended from the necks, or…
ornaments--crescent-like plates of gold suspended from the necks, or placed on the breasts of the camels.
collars--rather, "earrings," or drops of gold or pearl.
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purple--a royal color. The ancient, as well as modern Arabs, adorned the necks, breasts, and legs, of their riding animals with sumptuous housing.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 26. A thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold…
26. A thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold — About seventy pounds, Troy weight.
Ornaments — Note, Jdg_8:21.
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Collars — Rather, pendants; probably some sort of drops suspended from the earrings.
Purple raiment — A costly article among the Orientals, and such as only the rich and great might wear.
Chains — Neck ornaments or collars. “Even at the present day the Arabs are accustomed to ornament the necks of their camels with a band of cloth or leather, upon which small shells are strung in the form of a crescent. The sheiks add silver ornaments to these, which make a rich booty in time of war. The women in Oman spend considerable amounts in the purchase of silver ornaments, and their children are literally laden with them. I have sometimes counted fifteen earrings upon each side; and the head, breast, arms, and ankles are adorned with the same profusion.” — Wellsted in Keil.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 26. And the weight etc.] 1700 shekels of gold…
26. And the weight etc.] 1700 shekels of gold by the heavy standard = nearly 75 lbs. Troy = £3485, or by the light standard = nearly 37½ lbs. Troy = 742 10s. A single ring might weigh half a shekel, Gen_24:22.
beside the crescents … necks] The sentence interrupts the account of the ephod, and looks like a later addition. Pendants (Heb. neṭîfôth from naṭaf ‘to drop’) were perhaps single beads or gems attached to the lobe of the ear, cf. Arab. naṭafat ‘a small clear pearl’; the Verss. understood some kind of necklace, so AV. collars; some Jewish interpreters think of small boxes containing fragrant gum (nâṭâf ‘stacte,’ Exo_30:34), hence AVm. sweet jewels. For chains render necklaces, Son_4:9, Pro_1:9, contrast the crescents in Jdg_8:21.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (26) A thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold.—About…
(26) A thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold.—About seventy pounds of gold. This would imply a very large number of nose-rings or earrings (Gen_24:22), and therefore a slaughter of many leading Midianites. It is analogous to the “three bushels of knights’ rings” which Mago carried to Carthage, and emptied upon the floor of the Carthaginian Senate, after the massacre of the Romans at Cannae (Liv. xxiii. 12).
Beside ornaments.—Rather, beside the golden crescents (Jdg_8:21). Gideon seems to have gratified his love of vengeance, as goel, before he thought of booty.
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And collars.—Marg., sweet jewels. Rather, and the eardrops (netiphoth, Isa_3:19). Wellsted, in his Travels in Arabia, says that the Arab women are accustomed to load themselves and their children with earrings and ornaments, of which he sometimes counted as many as fifteen on each side.
Purple raiment.—Comp. Exo_25:4.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain A thousand and seven hundred shekels equal to about…
A thousand and seven hundred shekels equal to about fifty pounds weight, and probably to above worth of our money, reckoning a shekel of gold at 16s. 6d. If the rings, like that given to Rebekah, (Gen_24:22) weighed each half a shekel, they would be the spoil of 3400 dead bodies. If they each weighed less it would of course imply a larger number of slain. The ornaments, as in ver. 21, the collars. The word so rendered seems rather to mean drops or pendants. When worn by women (Isa_3:19, chains, A.V) they were often of single pearls. The purple raiment, the famous Tyrian purple, made from the juice of a shellfish which is found in the Mediterranean, which was the distinctive colour of royal and imperial raiment. Chains. Perhaps the ornaments mentioned in ver. 21 as on the camels" necks were suspended to these chains. In Son_4:9 the chain is mentioned as an ornament of a woman"s neck; in Pro_1:9 of a man"s neck. Many interpreters understand these last-mentioned articles as not being part of Gideon"s spoil, but being the people"s portion. But it seems much more probable that the spoil of the kings should be Gideon"s portion, as indeed ver. 21 implies. It is best, therefore, to take all these articles as being the property of the kings, and to understand the writer to tell us that Gideon had the rings, which were the people"s spoil, in addition to all the spoil which naturally fell to his own share.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 1,700 shekels of gold
1,700 shekels of gold
"one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold." If it is necessary to use modern weight units, here are two ways of doing it. AT: "18.7 kilograms of gold" or "about 20 kilograms of gold" (See: Numbers and Biblical Weight)
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crescent ornaments
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pendants
pieces of jewelry that hang at the end of the chains or cords of necklaces
that was worn by the kings of Midian
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camel
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