Discovery Box1 Kings 2:20 
Context2:20 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
Context15:13 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
Context16:24 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
Context20:14 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.”
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.
