Judges 8:24

24. The earrings of his prey Rings worn either in the ears or nose. Large quantifies of these and other ornaments were taken from the one hundred and twenty thousand (Judges 8:10) who were left dead on the field of battle.

Because they were Ishmaelites Hence it appears that the Ishmaelites were noted for wearing ornaments of gold. And, according to Thomson, it is “still the custom for men among these Bedouin Ishmaelites to wear gold earrings. I have often seen them, and among certain of the tribes it is quite the fashion; but these gold earrings belonged in part, no doubt, to the women. Bedouin women not only have them in their ears, but also large rings are suspended from the nose.” Ishmaelites was a name commonly given to the children of the East, (Judges 7:12,) and included Midianites. See Genesis 37:25; Genesis 37:28. Ishmael was the great tribe-father of many of those sons of the desert; and the great territorial extent of his descendants (compare Genesis 25:18) seems to have given the name Ishmaelites so extensive a usage.