Judges 8:18

8:18 He said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “Describe for me ¹  the men you killed at Tabor.” They said, “They were like you. Each one looked like a king’s son.” ² 

Judges 8:24

8:24 Gideon continued, ³  “I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken.” ⁴  (The Midianites ⁵  had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

Judges 9:49

9:49 So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches ⁶  against the stronghold and set fire to it. ⁷  All the people ⁸  of the Tower of Shechem died – about a thousand men and women.

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¹ tn Heb “Where are?”

² tn Heb “each one like the appearance of sons of the king.”

³ tn Heb “said to them.”

⁴ tn Heb “Give to me, each one, an earring from his plunder.”

⁵ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Midianites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn The words “the branches” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁷ tn Heb “they kindled over them the stronghold with fire.”

⁸ tn Or “men,” but the word seems to have a more general sense here, as the conclusion to the sentence suggests.