Discovery Box1 Kings 19:2 
Context19:2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, 1 “May the gods judge me severely 2 if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!” 3
1 Kings 19:10
Context19:10 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal 4 to the Lord, the sovereign God, 5 even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, 6 torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” 7
1 tn Heb “saying.”
2 tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”
3 tn Heb “I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”
4 tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.
5 tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”
6 tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”
7 tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”
