1 Kings 2:5

2:5 “You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me – how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. ¹  During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; ²  when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained his own belt and the sandals on his feet. ³ 

1 Kings 6:6

6:6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet ⁴  wide, the middle floor nine feet ⁵  wide, and the third floor ten and a half ⁶  feet wide. He made ledges ⁷  on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. ⁸ 

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. ⁹  If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me. ¹⁰  That would not be fair, ¹¹  because your servant has been a loyal follower of ¹²  the Lord from my youth.

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¹ tn Heb “what he did to the two commanders…and he killed them.”

² tn Heb “he shed the blood of battle in peace.”

³ tn Heb “and he shed the blood of battle when he killed which is on his waist and on his sandal[s] which are on his feet.” That is, he covered himself with guilt and his guilt was obvious to all who saw him.

⁴ tn Heb “five cubits.”

⁵ tn Heb “six cubits.”

⁶ tn Heb “seven cubits.”

⁷ tn Or “offsets” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “offset ledges.”

⁸ tn Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.”

⁹ tn Heb “to [a place] which I do not know.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and I will go to inform Ahab and he will not find you and he will kill me.”

¹¹ tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.

¹² tn Heb “has feared the Lord” (also see the note at 1 Kgs 18:3).