Shìshījì 8:24

24 Jīdiàn yòu duì tāmen shuō , wǒ yǒu yī jiàn shì qiú nǐmen , qǐng nǐmen gèrén jiāng suǒ duó de ĕr huán gĕi wǒ . yuánlái chóudí shì Yǐshímǎlì rén , dōu shì daì jīn ĕr huán de . )

Shìshījì 8:24 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 8:24

And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you,
&c.] Which he thought they would scarcely deny, and it was now a fair opportunity to make it, since they had offered him a crown, or to be king over them: and the favour he asked was,

that you would give me every man the earrings of his prey;
or, "an earring of his prey"; for it is in the singular number; every man one earring, as Abarbinel interprets it; for though they might have more, yet only one ear ring of every man is desired:

for they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites;
so the Midianites and Ishmaelites are spoken of as the same, they being mixed and dwelling together, or very near each other, ( Genesis 37:25 Genesis 37:28 Genesis 37:36 ) and Kimchi accounts for it thus, why the Midianites are called Ishmaelites; because they were the sons of Keturah, and Keturah was Hagar the mother of Ishmael. The Targum calls them Arabians, and who it seems used to wear earrings, as men in the eastern countries did; see ( Genesis 35:4 ) ( Exodus 32:2 Exodus 32:3 ) . So Pliny says ^F3 in the east it was reckoned ornamental for men to wear gold in their ears.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Nat. Hist. l. 11. c. 37.

Shìshījì 8:24 In-Context

22 Yǐsèliè rén duì Jīdiàn shuō , nǐ jì jiù wǒmen tuōlí Mǐdiàn rén de shǒu , yuàn nǐ hé nǐde ér sūn guǎnlǐ wǒmen .

23 Jīdiàn shuō , wǒ bù guǎnlǐ nǐmen , wǒde érzi yĕ bù guǎnlǐ nǐmen , wéiyǒu Yēhéhuá guǎnlǐ nǐmen .

24 Jīdiàn yòu duì tāmen shuō , wǒ yǒu yī jiàn shì qiú nǐmen , qǐng nǐmen gèrén jiāng suǒ duó de ĕr huán gĕi wǒ . yuánlái chóudí shì Yǐshímǎlì rén , dōu shì daì jīn ĕr huán de . )

25 Tāmen shuō , wǒmen qíngyuàn gĕi nǐ . jiù pū kāi yī jiàn waìyī , gèrén jiāng suǒ duó de ĕr huán diū zaì qí shàng .

26 Jīdiàn suǒ yào chūlai de jīn ĕr huán zhòng yī qiā qī bǎi Shĕkèlè jīnzi . cǐ waì hái yǒu Mǐdiàn wáng suǒ daì de yuè huán , ĕr zhuì , hé suǒ chuān de zǐse yīfu , bìng luòtuo xiàng shàng de jīn liànzi .