The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, in addition to the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and in addition to the chains that were about their camels’ necks.
Gideon made an ephod out of it, and put it in Ophrah, his city.
Then all Israel played the prostitute with it there; and it became a snare to Gideon and to his house.