1 Kings 19:10

19:10 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal ¹  to the Lord, the sovereign God, ²  even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, ³  torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” ⁴ 

1 Kings 19:14

19:14 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal ⁵  to the Lord, the sovereign God, ⁶  even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, ⁷  torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” ⁸ 

1 Kings 20:39

20:39 When the king passed by, he called out to the king, “Your servant went out into the heat ⁹  of the battle, and then a man turned aside and brought me a prisoner. ¹⁰  He told me, ‘Guard this prisoner. If he ends up missing for any reason, ¹¹  you will pay with your life or with a talent ¹²  of silver.’ ¹³ 

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¹ tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

² tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

³ tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

⁴ tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

⁵ tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

⁶ tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

⁷ tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

⁸ tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

⁹ tn Heb “middle.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “man” (also a second time later in this verse).

¹¹ tn Heb “if being missed, he is missed.” The emphatic infinitive absolute before the finite verbal form lends solemnity to the warning.

¹² 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.

¹³ tn Heb “your life will be in place of his life, or a unit of silver you will pay.”