1 Raja-raja 2:15

2:15 He said, “You know that the kingdom ¹  was mine and all Israel considered me king. ²  But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his. ³ 

1 Raja-raja 10:7

10:7 I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! ⁴  Your wisdom and wealth ⁵  surpass what was reported to me.

1 Raja-raja 20:39

20:39 When the king passed by, he called out to the king, “Your servant went out into the heat ⁶  of the battle, and then a man turned aside and brought me a prisoner. ⁷  He told me, ‘Guard this prisoner. If he ends up missing for any reason, ⁸  you will pay with your life or with a talent ⁹  of silver.’ ¹⁰ 

1 Raja-raja 21:4

21:4 So Ahab went into his palace, bitter and angry that Naboth the Jezreelite had said, ¹¹  “I will not sell to you my ancestral inheritance.” ¹²  He lay down on his bed, pouted, ¹³  and would not eat.

1 Raja-raja 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 Raja-raja 22:8

22:8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. ¹⁵  But I despise ¹⁶  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ¹⁷  Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”

[2:15]  ¹ tn Or “kingship.”

[2:15]  ² tn Heb “set their face to me to be king.”

[2:15]  ³ tn Heb “and the kingdom turned about and became my brother’s, for from the Lord it became his.”

[10:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “the half was not told to me.”

[10:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “good.”

[20:39]  ⁶ tn Heb “middle.”

[20:39]  ⁷ tn Heb “man” (also a second time later in this verse).

[20:39]  ⁸ tn Heb “if being missed, he is missed.” The emphatic infinitive absolute before the finite verbal form lends solemnity to the warning.

[20:39]  ⁹ 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]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “your life will be in place of his life, or a unit of silver you will pay.”

[21:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “on account of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite spoke to him.”

[21:4]  ¹² tn Heb “I will not give to you the inheritance of my fathers.”

[21:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “turned away his face.”

[21:6]  ¹⁴ 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.

[22:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

[22:8]  ¹⁶ tn Or “hate.”

[22:8]  ¹⁷ tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.