Jdg_8:24 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.)
Ver. 24. For they had golden earrings.] But an obedient ear {Pro_20:12; Pro_25:12} had been a far better ornament. These inaures aureae were ill bestowed upon such uncircumcised ears as Ishmaelites had.