SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 8:26

8:26a The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels,

The gold rings that Gideon asked for weighed one thousand seven hundred (1700) shekels.
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The weight of the gold rings the men of Israel gave him was nearly twenty (20) kilograms.

8:26b in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian,

He also received ornaments, necklaces, and purple cloaks from the Midian kings,
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They also gave him many other valuable things. He received ornaments and purple garments that the kings of Midian wore

8:25c and the chains from the necks of their camels.

and chains from their camels’ necks.
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and necklaces from the necks of their camels.

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