1 Kings 7:51

7:51 When King Solomon finished constructing the Lord’s temple, he ¹  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. ²  10:22 Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships ³  that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet ⁴  came into port with cargoes of ⁵  gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. ⁶ 

1 Kings 15:19

15:19 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. ⁷  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.” ⁸ 

1 Kings 16:24

16:24 He purchased the hill of Samaria ⁹  from Shemer for two talents ¹⁰  of silver. He launched a construction project there ¹¹  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 ¹²  of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble. ¹³  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.’” ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 21:15

21:15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she ¹⁵  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.”

[7:51]  ¹ tn Heb “Solomon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[10:21]  ² tn Heb “there was no silver, it was not regarded as anything in the days of Solomon.”

[10:22]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”

[10:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “came carrying.”

[10:22]  ⁶ tn The meaning of this word is unclear. Some suggest “baboons.”

[15:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”

[15:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”

[16:24]  ⁵ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[16:24]  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 150 pounds of silver.

[16:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “he built up the hill.”

[20:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “elders.”

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

[21:6]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ tn Heb “Jezebel”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“she”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.