2 Samuel 1:24

1:24 O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,

who clothed you in scarlet ¹  as well as jewelry,

who put gold jewelry on your clothes.

2 Samuel 12:30

12:30 He took the crown of their king ²  from his head – it was gold, weighed about seventy-five pounds, ³  and held a precious stone – and it was placed on David’s head. He also took from the city a great deal of plunder.

2 Samuel 8:10

8:10 he ⁴  sent his son Joram ⁵  to King David to extend his best wishes ⁶  and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Toi had been at war with Hadadezer. ⁷  He brought with him various items made of silver, gold, and bronze. ⁸ 

¹ sn Clothing of scarlet was expensive and beyond the financial reach of most people.

² tn Part of the Greek tradition wrongly understands Hebrew מַלְכָּם (malkam, “their king”) as a proper name (“Milcom”). Some English versions follow the Greek here, rendering the phrase “the crown of Milcom” (so NRSV; cf. also NAB, CEV). TEV takes this as a reference not to the Ammonite king but to “the idol of the Ammonite god Molech.”

³ tn Heb “and its weight [was] a talent of gold.” The weight of this ornamental crown was approximately 75 lbs (34 kg). See P. K. McCarter, II Samuel (AB), 313.

³ tn Heb “Toi.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn The name appears as “Hadoram” in the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:10.

⁵ tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”

⁶ tn Heb “and to bless him because he fought with Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer was a man of battles with Toi.”

⁷ tn Heb “and in his hand were items of silver and items of gold and items of bronze.”