And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
Gideon said ... I would desire a request of you. This was the contribution of х nezem (H5141), singular] an earring; for, as the ancient Arabians (Ishmaelites and Midianites being synonymous terms, see the note at Judges 4:11; Genesis 37:25; Genesis 37:28; for, as both people inhabited the same "east" country, the two names would quite naturally have become convertible, just as we speak of Englishmen and Britons-of Frenchmen and Gauls. 'Jewish Chronicle') were gorgeously adorned with barbaric pearl and gold, an immense amount of such valuable booty had fallen into the bands of the Israelite soldiers. The contribution was liberally made; and the quantity of gold given to him is estimated at 3,113 British pounds sterling.