Discovery Box2 Kings 5:5 
Context5:5 The king of Syria said, “Go! I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman 1 went, taking with him ten talents 2 of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, 3 and ten suits of clothes.
2 Kings 13:19
Context13:19 The prophet 4 got angry at him and said, “If you had struck the ground five or six times, you would have annihilated Syria! 5 But now, you will defeat Syria only three times.”
2 Kings 15:8
Context15:8 In the thirty-eighth year of King Azariah’s reign over Judah, Jeroboam’s son Zechariah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria 6 for six months.
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Naaman) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 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 750 pounds of silver (cf. NCV, NLT, CEV).
3 tn Heb “six thousand gold […].” The unit of measure is not given in the Hebrew text. A number of English versions supply “pieces” (e.g., KJV, ASV, NAB, TEV) or “shekels” (e.g., NASB, NIV, NRSV).
4 tn Heb “man of God.”
5 tn Heb “[It was necessary] to strike five or six times, then you would strike down Syria until destruction.” On the syntax of the infinitive construct, see GKC 349 §114.k.
6 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
