Judges 8:26 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 8:26

The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.

BSB

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ASV

And the weight of the golden ear-rings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels’ necks.

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you--This was the contribution of an earring (singular). As the ancient Arabians (Ishmaelites and Midianites being synonymous terms, Ge 37:25, 28) were gorgeously adorned with barbaric pearl and gold, an immense amount of such valuable booty had fallen into the hands of the Israelitish soldiers.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֗י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
מִשְׁקַ֞ל	mish.Kal	[the] weight of	H4948 →
נִזְמֵ֤י	niz.Mei	[the] earrings of	H5141 →
הַזָּהָב֙	ha.za.Hav	<the> gold	H2091 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
שָׁאָ֔ל	sha.'Al	he asked for	H7592 →
אֶ֥לֶף	'E.lef	one thousand	H505 →
וּשְׁבַע־	u.she.va'-	and seven	H7651 →
מֵא֖וֹת	me.'ot	hundred<s>	H3967 →
זָהָ֑ב	za.Hav	gold	H2091 →
לְ֠בַד	Le.vad	<to> apart	H905 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4480 →
הַשַּׂהֲרֹנִ֨ים	ha.sa.ha.ro.Nim	the ornaments	H7720 →
וְהַנְּטִפ֜וֹת	ve.ha.ne.ti.Fot	and the pendants	H5188 →
וּבִגְדֵ֣י	u.vig.Dei	and [the] garments of	H899 →
הָאַרְגָּמָ֗ן	ha.'ar.ga.Man	<the> purple	H713 →
שֶׁעַל֙	she.'Al	that [were] on	H5921 →
מַלְכֵ֣י	mal.Khei	[the] kings of	H4428 →
מִדְיָ֔ן	mid.Yan	Midian	H4080 →
וּלְבַד֙	u.le.Vad	and <to> apart	H905 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4480 →
הָ֣עֲנָק֔וֹת	ha.'a.na.Kot	the necklaces	H6060 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בְּצַוְּארֵ֥י	be.tza.ve.Rei	[were] on [the] necks of	H6677 →
גְמַלֵּיהֶֽם׃	ge.ma.lei.Hem	camels their	H1581 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 18:12
cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;
leads to
- Revelation 17:4
  The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Esther 8:15
Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted…
leads to
- Luke 16:19
  Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
- Proverbs 29:2
  When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
- Genesis 41:42
  Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.
- Esther 1:6
  Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of…
- Matthew 6:29
  Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.
Through
John 19:2
The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, set it on His head, and dressed Him in a purple robe.
leads to
- Mark 15:16–20
  Then the soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called the whole company together.
Through
Jeremiah 10:9
Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.
leads to
- Psalms 115:4
  Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

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