And Gideon said unto them - I would make to you a request, Give me, then, every man the nose-ring of his spoil. For they had, nose-rings of gold, for, Ishmaelites, they were.

And they said, We will, freely give. So they spread out a mantle, and cast therein, every man the nose-ring of his spoil.

And so it was, that the weight of the nose-rings of gold which he requested, was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, - besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the raiment of purple that were upon the kings of Midian, and besides the ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.

When Jotham heard the news, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below, "Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!

Now the day after, the people went out into the fields; and news of it came to Abimelech.

When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard the news, they went to the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.

So the woman, running quickly, gave her husband the news, saying, I have seen the man who came to me the other day.

So they came back to their brothers in Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers said to them, What news have you?