1 Kings 8:64

8:64 That day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the Lord’s temple. He offered there burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that stood before the Lord was too small to hold all these offerings. ¹ 

1 Kings 20:28

20:28 The prophet ²  visited the king of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Syrians said, “The Lord is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will hand over to you this entire huge army. ³  Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

1 Kings 20:39

20:39 When the king passed by, he called out to the king, “Your servant went out into the heat ⁴  of the battle, and then a man turned aside and brought me a prisoner. ⁵  He told me, ‘Guard this prisoner. If he ends up missing for any reason, ⁶  you will pay with your life or with a talent ⁷  of silver.’ ⁸ 

1 Kings 21:2

21:2 Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard so I can make a vegetable garden out of it, for it is adjacent to my palace. I will give you an even better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer, ⁹  I will pay you silver for it.” ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “to hold the burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.”

² tn Heb “the man of God.”

³ tn Heb “I will place all this great horde in your hand.”

³ tn Heb “middle.”

⁴ tn Heb “man” (also a second time later in this verse).

⁵ tn Heb “if being missed, he is missed.” The emphatic infinitive absolute before the finite verbal form lends solemnity to the warning.

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 75 pounds of silver.

⁷ tn Heb “your life will be in place of his life, or a unit of silver you will pay.”

⁴ tn Heb “if it is good in your eyes.”

⁵ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And it will be mine as a garden of herbs.”