1 Kings 15:15

15:15 He brought the holy items that he and his father had made into the Lord’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles. ¹ 

1 Kings 20:3

20:3 He said to him, “This is what Ben Hadad says, ‘Your silver and your gold are mine, as well as the best of your wives and sons.’”

1 Kings 10:25

10:25 Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules. ² 

1 Kings 10:27

10:27 The king made silver as plentiful ³  in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was ⁴  as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands. ⁵ 

1 Kings 10:29

10:29 They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria. ⁶ 

1 Kings 20:5

20:5 The messengers came again and said, “This is what Ben Hadad says, ‘I sent this message to you, “You must give me your silver, gold, wives, and sons.”

1 Kings 7:51

7:51 When King Solomon finished constructing the Lord’s temple, he ⁷  put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and other articles) in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.

1 Kings 10:21-22

10:21 All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time. ⁸  10:22 Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships ⁹  that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet ¹⁰  came into port with cargoes of ¹¹  gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. ¹² 

1 Kings 15:19

15:19 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. ¹³  See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 16:24

16:24 He purchased the hill of Samaria ¹⁵  from Shemer for two talents ¹⁶  of silver. He launched a construction project there ¹⁷  and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.

1 Kings 20:7

20:7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders ¹⁸  of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble. ¹⁹  Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”

1 Kings 21:6

21:6 He answered her, “While I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, I said to him, ‘Sell me your vineyard for silver, or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.’ But he said, ‘I will not sell you my vineyard.’” ²⁰ 

1 Kings 21:15

21:15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she ²¹  said to Ahab, “Get up, take possession of the vineyard Naboth the Jezreelite refused to sell you for silver, for Naboth is no longer alive; he’s dead.”

1 Kings 15:18

15:18 Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace and handed it to his servants. He then told them to deliver it ²²  to Ben Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message:

1 Kings 20:39

20:39 When the king passed by, he called out to the king, “Your servant went out into the heat ²³  of the battle, and then a man turned aside and brought me a prisoner. ²⁴  He told me, ‘Guard this prisoner. If he ends up missing for any reason, ²⁵  you will pay with your life or with a talent ²⁶  of silver.’ ²⁷ 

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, ²⁸  I will pay you silver for it.” ²⁹ 

[15:15]  ¹ tn Heb “and he brought the holy things of his father and his holy things (into) the house of the Lord, silver, gold, and items.” Instead of “his holy things,” a marginal reading (Qere) in the Hebrew text has “the holy things of [the house of the Lord].”

[10:25]  ² tn Heb “and they were bringing each one his gift, items of silver…and mules, the matter of a year in a year.”

[10:27]  ³ tn The words “as plentiful” are added for clarification.

[10:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “he made.”

[10:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”

[10:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “and a chariot went up and came out of Egypt for six hundred silver [pieces], and a horse for one hundred fifty, and in the same way to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram by their hand they brought out.”

[7:51]  ⁵ tn Heb “Solomon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[10:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “there was no silver, it was not regarded as anything in the days of Solomon.”

[10:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.

[10:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”

[10:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “came carrying.”

[10:22]  ¹⁰ tn The meaning of this word is unclear. Some suggest “baboons.”

[15:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”

[15:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”

[16:24]  ⁹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[16:24]  ¹⁰ 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 150 pounds of silver.

[16:24]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he built up the hill.”

[20:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “elders.”

[20:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”

[21:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “While I was talking…, I said…, he said….” Ahab’s explanation is one lengthy sentence in the Hebrew text, which is divided in the English translation for stylistic reasons.

[21:15]  ¹² tn Heb “Jezebel”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“she”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[15:18]  ¹³ tn Heb “King Asa sent it.”

[20:39]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “middle.”

[20:39]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “man” (also a second time later in this verse).

[20:39]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “if being missed, he is missed.” The emphatic infinitive absolute before the finite verbal form lends solemnity to the warning.

[20:39]  ¹⁷ 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.

[20:39]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “your life will be in place of his life, or a unit of silver you will pay.”

[21:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “if it is good in your eyes.”

[21:2]  ¹⁶ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And it will be mine as a garden of herbs.”