1 Kings 16:24

16:24 He purchased the hill of Samaria¹ from Shemer for two talents² of silver. He launched a construction project there³ and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.

1 Kings 11:10

11:10 and had warned him about this very thing, so that he would not follow other gods.⁴ But he did not obey⁵ the Lord’s command.

1 Kings 8:23

8:23 He prayed:⁶ “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty⁷ to your servants who obey you with sincerity.⁸

1 Kings 11:34

11:34 I will not take the whole kingdom from his hand. I will allow him to be ruler for the rest of his life for the sake of my chosen servant David who kept my commandments and rules.

1 Kings 14:8

14:8 I tore the kingdom away from the Davidic dynasty and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me wholeheartedly by doing only what I approve.⁹

1 Kings 8:25

8:25 Now, O Lord, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel,¹⁰ provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’¹¹

1 Kings 20:39

20:39 When the king passed by, he called out to the king, “Your servant went out into the heat¹² of the battle, and then a man turned aside and brought me a prisoner.¹³ He told me, ‘Guard this prisoner. If he ends up missing for any reason,¹⁴ you will pay with your life or with a talent¹⁵ of silver.’¹⁶

¹map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

²tn 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.

³tn Heb “he built up the hill.”

⁴tn Heb “and had commanded him concerning this thing not to walk after other gods.”

⁵tn Or “keep.”

⁷tn Heb “said.”

⁸tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.

⁹tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

¹⁰tn Heb “what was right in my eyes.”

¹³tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”

¹⁴tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”

¹⁶tn Heb “middle.”

¹⁷tn Heb “man” (also a second time later in this verse).

¹⁸tn Heb “if being missed, he is missed.” The emphatic infinitive absolute before the finite verbal form lends solemnity to the warning.

¹⁹tn 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.

²⁰tn Heb “your life will be in place of his life, or a unit of silver you will pay.”