1 Kings 1:20

1:20 Now, ¹  my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne. ² 

1 Kings 18:12

18:12 But when I leave you, the Lord’s spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you. ³  If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me. ⁴  That would not be fair, ⁵  because your servant has been a loyal follower of ⁶  the Lord from my youth.

¹ tc Many Hebrew mss have עַתָּה (’attah, “now”) rather than the similar sounding independent pronoun אַתָּה (’attah, “you”).

² tn Heb “the eyes of all Israel are upon you to declare to them who will sit on the throne of my master the king after him.”

³ tn Heb “to [a place] which I do not know.”

⁴ tn Heb “and I will go to inform Ahab and he will not find you and he will kill me.”

⁵ tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.

⁶ tn Heb “has feared the Lord” (also see the note at 1 Kgs 18:3).