1 Kings 2:16

2:16 Now I’d like to ask you for just one thing. Please don’t refuse me.” ¹  She said, “Go ahead and ask.” ² 

1 Kings 9:14

9:14 Hiram had sent to the king one hundred twenty talents ³  of gold.

[2:16]  ¹ tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”

[2:16]  ² tn Heb “She said, ‘Speak!’”

[9:14]  ³ 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 9,000 pounds of gold (cf. NCV, NLT); CEV “five tons”; TEV “4,000 kilogrammes.”