1 Kings 20:28

20:28 The prophet ¹  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. ²  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 ³  of the battle, and then a man turned aside and brought me a prisoner. ⁴  He told me, ‘Guard this prisoner. If he ends up missing for any reason, ⁵  you will pay with your life or with a talent ⁶  of silver.’ ⁷ 

1 Kings 22:8

22:8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. ⁸  But I despise ⁹  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ¹⁰  Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”

[20:28]  ¹ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[20:28]  ² tn Heb “I will place all this great horde in your hand.”

[20:39]  ³ tn Heb “middle.”

[20:39]  ⁴ tn Heb “man” (also a second time later in this verse).

[20:39]  ⁵ tn Heb “if being missed, he is missed.” The emphatic infinitive absolute before the finite verbal form lends solemnity to the warning.

[20:39]  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.

[20:39]  ⁷ tn Heb “your life will be in place of his life, or a unit of silver you will pay.”

[22:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

[22:8]  ⁶ tn Or “hate.”

[22:8]  ⁷ tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.