1 Kings 7:51

7:51 When King Solomon finished constructing the Lord’s temple, he ¹  put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and other articles) in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.

1 Kings 10:22

10:22 Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships ²  that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet ³  came into port with cargoes of ⁴  gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. ⁵ 

1 Kings 15:19

15:19 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. ⁶  See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” ⁷ 

1 Kings 16:24

16:24 He purchased the hill of Samaria ⁸  from Shemer for two talents ⁹  of silver. He launched a construction project there ¹⁰  and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.

1 Kings 20:7

20:7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders ¹¹  of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble. ¹²  Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”

1 Kings 21:15

21:15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she ¹³  said to Ahab, “Get up, take possession of the vineyard Naboth the Jezreelite refused to sell you for silver, for Naboth is no longer alive; he’s dead.”

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¹ tn Heb “Solomon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.

³ tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”

⁴ tn Heb “came carrying.”

⁵ tn The meaning of this word is unclear. Some suggest “baboons.”

⁶ tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”

⁷ tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”

⁸ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

⁹ 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.

¹⁰ tn Heb “he built up the hill.”

¹¹ tn Heb “elders.”

¹² tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”

¹³ tn Heb “Jezebel”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“she”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.