1 Kings 18:12

But when I leave you, the Lord’s spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you. ¹  If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me. ²  That would not be fair, ³  because your servant has been a loyal follower of ⁴  the Lord from my youth.

1Sa 2:18,26; 1Sa 3:19,20; 1Sa 22:11-19; 2Ki 2:11,16; 2Ch 34:3; Ps 71:17,18; Pr 8:13; Ec 7:18; Isa 50:10; Eze 3:12-14; Eze 8:3; Eze 11:24; Eze 37:1; Eze 40:1,2; Da 2:5-13; Mt 2:16; Mt 4:1; Lu 1:15; Ac 8:39; Ac 12:19; 2Co 12:2,3; 2Ti 3:15

¹ tn Heb “to [a place] which I do not know.”

² tn Heb “and I will go to inform Ahab and he will not find you and he will kill me.”

³ tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.

⁴ tn Heb “has feared the Lord” (also see the note at 1 Kgs 18:3).