dby - Judges:8:22-27

dby@Judges:8:22 @ And the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also; for thou hast saved us from the hand of Midian.

dby@Judges:8:23 @ And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: Jehovah will rule over you.

dby@Judges:8:24 @ And Gideon said to them, I would desire a request of you: give me every man the earrings of his booty; for they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.

dby@Judges:8:25 @ And they said, We will willingly give [them]. And they spread a garment, and cast therein every man the earrings of his booty.

dby@Judges:8:26 @ And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand seven hundred [shekels] of gold; besides the moons, and eardrops, and the purple garments that were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.

dby@Judges:8:27 @ And Gideon made an ephod of them, and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel went thither a whoring after it; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.