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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Interpretation
Gideon refused the government the people offered him. No good man can be pleased with any honour done to himself, which belongs only to God.
Glossary
- Midian Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Al Bad.