en_tn/1ki/20/39.md

# Your servant went out

The prophet refers to himself in the third person as a sign of respect to the king.

# into the heat of the battle

"Heat of the battle" is an idiom to express the most intense and fierce fighting. AT: "to where the battle was most intense" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# then your life will be given for his life

"then you will die in his place"

# a talent of silver

A talent is a unit of weight equal to about 33 kilograms. AT: "33 kilograms of silver" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bweight]])

# going here and there

This is an idiom to represent being very busy and preoccupied. AT: "doing other things" or "doing this and that" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])