1 Kings 21:20

21:20 When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, ¹  “So, you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah ²  replied, “I have found you, because you are committed ³  to doing evil in the sight of ⁴  the Lord.

1 Kings 21:25

21:25 (There had never been anyone like Ahab, who was firmly committed ⁵  to doing evil in the sight of ⁶  the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel. ⁷ 

[21:20]  ¹ tn Heb “and Ahab said to Elijah.” The narrative is elliptical and streamlined. The words “when Elijah arrived” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[21:20]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:20]  ³ tn Heb “you have sold yourself.”

[21:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[21:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “who sold himself.”

[21:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[21:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “like Ahab…whom his wife Jezebel incited.”