1 Kings 16:34

16:34 During Ahab’s reign, ¹  Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. ²  Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation; ³  Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates, ⁴  just as the Lord had warned ⁵  through Joshua son of Nun. ⁶ 

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. ⁷  If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me. ⁸  That would not be fair, ⁹  because your servant has been a loyal follower of ¹⁰  the Lord from my youth.

1 Kings 18:44

18:44 The seventh time the servant ¹¹  said, “Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man’s hand, is rising up from the sea.” Elijah ¹²  then said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won’t overtake you.’” ¹³ 

1 Kings 20:13

The Lord Delivers Israel

20:13 Now a prophet visited King Ahab of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Do you see this huge army? ¹⁴  Look, I am going to hand it over to you this very day. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

1 Kings 20:34

20:34 Ben Hadad ¹⁵  said, “I will return the cities my father took from your father. You may set up markets ¹⁶  in Damascus, just as my father did in Samaria.” ¹⁷  Ahab then said, “I want to make a treaty with you before I dismiss you.” ¹⁸  So he made a treaty with him and then dismissed him.

1 Kings 21:2

21:2 Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard so I can make a vegetable garden out of it, for it is adjacent to my palace. I will give you an even better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer, ¹⁹  I will pay you silver for it.” ²⁰ 

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¹ tn Heb “in his days.”

² map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

³ tn Heb “with Abiram, his firstborn, he founded it.”

⁴ tn Heb “with Segub, his youngest, he set up its gates.”

⁵ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”

⁶ sn Warned through Joshua son of Nun. For the background to this statement, see Josh 6:26, where Joshua pronounces a curse on the one who dares to rebuild Jericho. Here that curse is viewed as a prophecy spoken by God through Joshua.

⁷ tn Heb “to [a place] which I do not know.”

⁸ tn Heb “and I will go to inform Ahab and he will not find you and he will kill me.”

⁹ tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.

¹⁰ tn Heb “has feared the Lord” (also see the note at 1 Kgs 18:3).

¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the servant) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³ tn Heb “so that the rain won’t restrain you.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “this great horde.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁶ 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.

¹⁷ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹⁸ 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.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “if it is good in your eyes.”

²⁰ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And it will be mine as a garden of herbs.”