Text -- 1 Kings 18:12 (NET)

18:12 But when I leave you, the Lord’s spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you. If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me. That would not be fair, because your servant has been a loyal follower of the Lord from my youth.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Ki 18:12

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).