1 Kings 18:12-14

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. 18:13 Certainly my master is aware of what I did ⁵  when Jezebel was killing the Lord’s prophets. I hid one hundred of the Lord’s prophets in two caves in two groups of fifty and I brought them food and water. 18:14 Now you say, ‘Go and say to your master, “Elijah is back,”’ ⁶  but he will kill me.”

[18:12]  ¹ tn Heb “to [a place] which I do not know.”

[18:12]  ² tn Heb “and I will go to inform Ahab and he will not find you and he will kill me.”

[18:12]  ³ tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.

[18:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “has feared the Lord” (also see the note at 1 Kgs 18:3).

[18:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “Has it not been told to my master what I did…?” The rhetorical question expects an answer, “Of course it has!”

[18:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “Look, Elijah”; or “Elijah is here.”