Judges 8:26
New English Translation
26 The total weight of the gold earrings he requested came to 1,700 gold shekels.[a] This was in addition to the crescent-shaped ornaments, jewelry,[b] purple clothing worn by the Midianite kings, and the necklaces on the camels.[c]
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- Judges 8:26 sn 1,700 gold shekels would be about 42.7 pounds (19.4 kilograms) of gold.
- Judges 8:26 tn Or “pendants.”
- Judges 8:26 tn Heb “the ornaments which were on the necks of their camels.”
Judges 8:26
New International Version
26 The weight of the gold rings he asked for came to seventeen hundred shekels,[a] not counting the ornaments, the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian or the chains(A) that were on their camels’ necks.
Footnotes
- Judges 8:26 That is, about 43 pounds or about 20 kilograms
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