Judges 7:12
7:12 Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east covered the valley like a swarm of locusts. 1 Their camels could not be counted; they were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore.
Judges 8:26
8:26 The total weight of the gold earrings he requested came to seventeen hundred gold shekels. 2 This was in addition to the crescent-shaped ornaments, jewelry, 3 purple clothing worn by the Midianite kings, and the necklaces on the camels. 4
1 tn Heb “Midian, Amalek, and the sons of the east were falling in the valley like locusts in great number.”
2 sn Seventeen hundred gold shekels would be about 42.7 pounds (19.4 kilograms) of gold.
3 tn Or “pendants.”
4 tn Heb “the ornaments which were on the necks of their camels.”