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.
1 tnHeb “to [a place] which I do not know.”
2 tnHeb “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 tnHeb “has feared the Lord” (also see the note at 1 Kgs 18:3).