Judg 8:26 | NETfull | STEP | The total weight of the gold earrings he requested came to seventeen hundred gold shekels. This was in addition to the crescent-shaped ornaments, jewelry, purple clothing worn by the Midianite kings, and the necklaces on the camels.

Judges 8:26

26 The total weight of the gold earrings he requested came to seventeen hundred gold shekels. ^{▼▼ Seventeen hundred gold shekels would be about 42.7 pounds (19.4 kilograms) of gold.} This was in addition to the crescent-shaped ornaments, jewelry, ^{▼▼ Or “pendants.”} purple clothing worn by the Midianite kings, and the necklaces on the camels. ^{▼▼Heb “the ornaments which were on the necks of their camels.”}