1 Kings 11:38
11:38 You must obey 1 all I command you to do, follow my instructions, 2 do what I approve, 3 and keep my rules and commandments, like my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David; 4 I will give you Israel.
1 Kings 18:12
18:12 But when I leave you, the Lord’s spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you. 5 If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me. 6 That would not be fair, 7 because your servant has been a loyal follower of 8 the Lord from my youth.
1 tn Heb “If you obey.” In the Hebrew text v. 38 is actually one long conditional sentence, which has been broken into two parts in the translation for stylistic purposes.
2 tn Heb “walk in my ways.”
3 tn Heb “do what is right in my eyes.”
4 tn Heb “I will build for you a permanent house, like I built for David.”
5 tn Heb “to [a place] which I do not know.”
6 tn Heb “and I will go to inform Ahab and he will not find you and he will kill me.”
7 tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.
8 tn Heb “has feared the Lord” (also see the note at 1 Kgs 18:3).