1 Kings 18:44

18:44 The seventh time the servant ¹  said, “Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man’s hand, is rising up from the sea.” Elijah ²  then said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won’t overtake you.’” ³ 

1 Kings 20:39

20:39 When the king passed by, he called out to the king, “Your servant went out into the heat ⁴  of the battle, and then a man turned aside and brought me a prisoner. ⁵  He told me, ‘Guard this prisoner. If he ends up missing for any reason, ⁶  you will pay with your life or with a talent ⁷  of silver.’ ⁸ 

1 Kings 22:8

22:8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. ⁹  But I despise ¹⁰  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ¹¹  Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”

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¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the servant) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “so that the rain won’t restrain you.”

⁴ tn Heb “middle.”

⁵ tn Heb “man” (also a second time later in this verse).

⁶ tn Heb “if being missed, he is missed.” The emphatic infinitive absolute before the finite verbal form lends solemnity to the warning.

⁷ 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.

⁸ tn Heb “your life will be in place of his life, or a unit of silver you will pay.”

⁹ tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

¹⁰ tn Or “hate.”

¹¹ tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.