1 Kings 15:18
15:18 Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace and handed it to his servants. He then told them to deliver it 1 to Ben Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message:
1 Kings 20:39
20:39 When the king passed by, he called out to the king, “Your servant went out into the heat 2 of the battle, and then a man turned aside and brought me a prisoner. 3 He told me, ‘Guard this prisoner. If he ends up missing for any reason, 4 you will pay with your life or with a talent 5 of silver.’ 6
1 Kings 21:2
21:2 Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard so I can make a vegetable garden out of it, for it is adjacent to my palace. I will give you an even better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer, 7 I will pay you silver for it.” 8
1 Kings 21:6
21:6 He answered her, “While I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, I said to him, ‘Sell me your vineyard for silver, or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.’ But he said, ‘I will not sell you my vineyard.’” 9
1 tn Heb “King Asa sent it.”
2 tn Heb “middle.”
3 tn Heb “man” (also a second time later in this verse).
4 tn Heb “if being missed, he is missed.” The emphatic infinitive absolute before the finite verbal form lends solemnity to the warning.
5 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 75 pounds of silver.
6 tn Heb “your life will be in place of his life, or a unit of silver you will pay.”
7 tn Heb “if it is good in your eyes.”
8 tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And it will be mine as a garden of herbs.”
9 tn Heb “While I was talking…, I said…, he said….” Ahab’s explanation is one lengthy sentence in the Hebrew text, which is divided in the English translation for stylistic reasons.