2 Kings 5:24

5:24 When he arrived at the hill, he took them from the servants ¹  and put them in the house. Then he sent the men on their way. ² 

Joshua 7:21

7:21 I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon, ³  two hundred silver pieces, ⁴  and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent with the silver underneath.”

Jeremiah 41:8

41:8 But there were ten men among them who said ⁵  to Ishmael, “Do not kill us. For we will give you the stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey we have hidden in a field. ⁶  So he spared their lives and did not kill ⁷  them along with the rest. ⁸ 

Matthew 13:44

Parables on the Kingdom of Heaven

13:44 “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.

Matthew 25:18

25:18 But the one who had received one talent went out and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money in it.

¹ tn Heb “from their hand.”

² tn Heb “and he sent the men away and they went.”

³ tn Heb “Shinar,” a reference to Babylon (cf. Gen 10:10; 11:2; 14:1). Many modern translations retain the Hebrew name “Shinar” (cf. NEB, NRSV) but some use the more familiar “Babylon” (cf. NIV, NLT).

⁴ tn Heb “shekels.”

⁵ tn Heb “But there were ten men found among them and they said.” However, for the use of “were found” = “be, happened to be” see BDB 594 s.v. מָצָא 2.c and compare the usage in 41:3.

⁶ tn This sentence is a good example of the elliptical nature of some of the causal connections in the Hebrew Bible. All the Hebrew says literally is “For we have hidden stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey in a field.” However, it is obvious that they are using this as their bargaining chip to prevent Ishmael and his men from killing them. For the use of “for” (כִּי, ki) for such elliptical thoughts see BDB 473-74 s.v. כִּי 3.c.

⁷ tn Or “So he refrained from killing them”; Heb “he refrained and did not kill them.”

⁸ tn Heb “in the midst of their brothers/fellow countrymen.”