Judges 8:21

Rise thou. The pronoun is emphatic. If they must die, they would rather die at the hand of a hero than of a mere boy.

As the man is. That is, a man has a man’s strength. A child cannot be expected to do that which requires the strength of a man. Naturally the kings would rather be dispatched at one stroke than to be hacked and mangled by a child, which would result in a more painful, lingering death.

Ornaments. Heb. saharonim, “little moons,” or “crescents.” In Isa. 3:18 this word is translated “round tires like the moon.” Crescent ornaments are still hung on the necks of camels by Bedouins. In the case of kings, like Zebah and Zalmunna, these ornaments were probably of gold.