Judges 8:24-26

Expanded Bible

²⁴ He said, “I want you to do this one thing for me. I want each of you to give me a gold earring from ·the things you took in the fighting [^Lhis plunder].” (The Ishmaelites [^Crelated to the Midianites, and sometimes identified with them; Gen. 37:25–28] wore gold earrings.)

²⁵ They said, “We will ·gladly [indeed] give you what you want.” So they spread out a ·coat [cloak; garment], and everyone threw down an earring from ·what he had taken [his plunder]. ²⁶ The gold earrings weighed ·about forty-three pounds [^L1,700 shekels of gold]. This did not count the ·decorations [^Lcrescent-shaped ornaments], ·necklaces [pendants], and purple robes worn by the kings of Midian, nor the chains from the camels’ necks.