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. 1 If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me. 2 That would not be fair, 3 because your servant has been a loyal follower of 4 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 5 and asked the Lord to take his life: 6 “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.” 7
1 tn Heb “to [a place] which I do not know.”
2 tn Heb “and I will go to inform Ahab and he will not find you and he will kill me.”
3 tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.
4 tn Heb “has feared the Lord” (also see the note at 1 Kgs 18:3).
5 tn Or “broom tree” (also in v. 5).
6 tn Heb “and asked with respect to his life to die.”
7 tn Heb “fathers.”