1 Raja-raja 20:34
Konteks20:34 Ben Hadad 1 said, “I will return the cities my father took from your father. You may set up markets 2 in Damascus, just as my father did in Samaria.” 3 Ahab then said, “I want to make a treaty with you before I dismiss you.” 4 So he made a treaty with him and then dismissed him.
1 Raja-raja 20:39
Konteks20:39 When the king passed by, he called out to the king, “Your servant went out into the heat 5 of the battle, and then a man turned aside and brought me a prisoner. 6 He told me, ‘Guard this prisoner. If he ends up missing for any reason, 7 you will pay with your life or with a talent 8 of silver.’ 9
[20:34] 1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[20:34] 2 tn Heb “streets,” but this must refer to streets set up with stalls for merchants to sell their goods. See HALOT 299 s.v. חוּץ.
[20:34] 3 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
[20:34] 4 tn Heb “I will send you away with a treaty.” The words “Ahab then said” are supplied in the translation. There is nothing in the Hebrew text to indicate that the speaker has changed from Ben Hadad to Ahab. Some suggest adding “and he said” before “I will send you away.” Others prefer to maintain Ben Hadad as the speaker and change the statement to, “Please send me away with a treaty.”
[20:39] 6 tn Heb “man” (also a second time later in this verse).
[20:39] 7 tn Heb “if being missed, he is missed.” The emphatic infinitive absolute before the finite verbal form lends solemnity to the warning.
[20:39] 8 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] 9 tn Heb “your life will be in place of his life, or a unit of silver you will pay.”
