1 Kings 2:20

2:20 She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. ¹  Please don’t refuse me.” ²  He said, ³  “Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.”

1 Kings 15:13

15:13 He also removed Maacah his grandmother ⁴  from her position as queen because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

1 Kings 16:24

16:24 He purchased the hill of Samaria ⁵  from Shemer for two talents ⁶  of silver. He launched a construction project there ⁷  and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.

1 Kings 20:14

20:14 Ahab asked, “By whom will this be accomplished?” ⁸  He answered, “This is what the Lord says, ‘By the servants of the district governors.’” Ahab ⁹  asked, “Who will launch the attack?” He answered, “You will.”

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¹ tn Or “I’d like to make just one request of you.”

² tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”

³ tn Heb “and the king said to her.”

⁴ tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses the terms “father” and “mother” for grandparents and more remote ancestors.

⁵ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

⁶ 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 150 pounds of silver.

⁷ tn Heb “he built up the hill.”

⁸ tn The words “will this be accomplished” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.