14:4 Jeroboam’s wife did as she was told. She went to Shiloh and visited Ahijah. 4 Now Ahijah could not see; he had lost his eyesight in his old age. 5
21:8 She wrote out orders, 6 signed Ahab’s name to them, 7 and sealed them with his seal. She then sent the orders 8 to the leaders 9 and to the nobles who lived in Naboth’s city. 10
1 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
2 tn Heb “with very great strength.” The Hebrew term חַיִל (khayil, “strength”) may refer here to the size of her retinue (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV) or to the great wealth she brought with her.
3 tn Or “balsam oil.”
4 tn Heb “and the wife of Jeroboam did so; she arose and went to Shiloh and entered the house of Ahijah.”
5 tn Heb “his eyes were set because of his old age.”
6 tn Heb “scrolls.”
7 tn Heb “in the name of Ahab.”
8 tn Heb “scrolls.”
9 tn Heb “elders.”
10 tn Heb “to the nobles who were in his city, the ones who lived with Naboth.”