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 19:4

19:4 while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub and asked the Lord to take his life: “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.”

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 Or “broom tree” (also in v. 5).

tn Heb “and asked with respect to his life to die.”

tn Heb “fathers.”