18:16 When Obadiah went and informed Ahab, the king went to meet Elijah. 3 18:17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he 4 said to him, “Is it really you, the one who brings disaster 5 on Israel?” 18:18 Elijah 6 replied, “I have not brought disaster 7 on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord’s commandments and following the Baals. 18:19 Now send out messengers 8 and assemble all Israel before me at Mount Carmel, as well as the 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of Asherah whom Jezebel supports. 9
1 tn Traditionally, “the
2 tn Heb “(before whom I stand).”
3 tn Heb “Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah.”
5 tn Heb “Ahab.”
6 tn Or “trouble.”
7 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Or “trouble.”
9 tn The word “messengers” is supplied in the translation both here and in v. 20 for clarification.
10 tn Heb “who eat at the table of Jezebel.”