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

1 Kings 18:24

18:24 Then you will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the Lord. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.” All the people responded, “This will be a fair test.”


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

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

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

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

tn Elijah now directly addresses the prophets.

tn Heb “the God.”

tn Heb “The matter [i.e., proposal] is good [i.e., acceptable].”