1 Kings 2:26

2:26 The king then told Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your property¹ in Anathoth. You deserve to die,² but today I will not kill you because you did carry the ark of the sovereign Lord before my father David and you suffered with my father through all his difficult times.”³

1 Kings 3:26

3:26 The real mother⁴ spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused.⁵ She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!”⁶ But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”

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 of¹⁰ the Lord from my youth.

¹tn Or “field.”

²tn Heb “you are a man of death.”

³tn Heb “and because you suffered through all which my father suffered.”

⁴tn Heb “the woman whose son was alive.”

⁵tn Heb “for her compassions grew warm for her son.”

⁶tn The infinitive absolute before the negated jussive emphasizes the main verb.

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

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

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

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