1 Kings 17:12

17:12 She said, “As certainly as the Lord your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I’m going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation.” ¹ 

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. ²  If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me. ³  That would not be fair, ⁴  because your servant has been a loyal follower of ⁵  the Lord from my youth.

[17:12]  ¹ tn Heb “Look, I am gathering two sticks and then I will go and make it for me and my son and we will eat it and we will die.”

[18:12]  ² tn Heb “to [a place] which I do not know.”

[18:12]  ³ tn Heb “and I will go to inform Ahab and he will not find you and he will kill me.”

[18:12]  ⁴ tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.

[18:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “has feared the Lord” (also see the note at 1 Kgs 18:3).