Judges 8:26 Meaning and Explanation
“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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What Does Judges 8:26 Mean?
The narrator tallies the spoil: the earrings alone weigh seventeen hundred shekels of gold, and beyond that lie ornaments, collars, purple robes from the slain kings, and the chains from their camels. It is a great and royal treasure.
The careful accounting signals that something significant is being assembled. Purple was the color of kings, and this hoard of gold and royal cloth carries an air of majesty, the very trappings Gideon had just declined as a throne. The detail quietly underlines the irony: the man who refused royal rule now holds royal wealth, and the next verse will show what he made of it.
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What does Judges 8:26 mean?
The gold collected weighs seventeen hundred shekels, besides other royal ornaments and purple robes.