Hakim-hakim 8:24

8:24 Gideon continued, ¹  “I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken.” ²  (The Midianites ³  had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

Hakim-hakim 20:15

20:15 That day the Benjaminites mustered from their cities twenty-six thousand sword-wielding soldiers, besides seven hundred well-trained soldiers from Gibeah. ⁴ 

Hakim-hakim 20:34

20:34 Ten thousand men, well-trained soldiers from all Israel, then made a frontal assault against Gibeah – the battle was fierce. ⁵  But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was at their doorstep. ⁶ 

[8:24]  ¹ tn Heb “said to them.”

[8:24]  ² tn Heb “Give to me, each one, an earring from his plunder.”

[8:24]  ³ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Midianites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “besides from the ones living in Gibeah they mustered seven hundred choice men.”

[20:34]  ⁵ tn Heb “heavy”; or “severe.”

[20:34]  ⁶ tn Heb “And they did not know that touching against them was disaster.”