18:25 Elijah told the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls for yourselves and go first, for you are the majority. Invoke the name of your god, but do not light a fire.” 1
21:8 She wrote out orders, 2 signed Ahab’s name to them, 3 and sealed them with his seal. She then sent the orders 4 to the leaders 5 and to the nobles who lived in Naboth’s city. 6
1 tc The last sentence of v. 25 is absent in the Syriac Peshitta.
2 tn Heb “scrolls.”
3 tn Heb “in the name of Ahab.”
4 tn Heb “scrolls.”
5 tn Heb “elders.”
6 tn Heb “to the nobles who were in his city, the ones who lived with Naboth.”