1 Kings 21:3
Context21:3 But Naboth replied to Ahab, “The Lord forbid that I should sell you my ancestral inheritance.” 1
Numbers 22:13-14
Context22:13 So Balaam got up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land, 2 for the Lord has refused to permit me to go 3 with you.” 22:14 So the princes of Moab departed 4 and went back to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
[21:3] 1 tn Heb “Far be it from me, by the
[22:13] 2 tc The LXX adds “to your lord.”
[22:13] 3 tn The main verb is the Piel perfect, “he has refused.” This is followed by two infinitives. The first (לְתִתִּי, lÿtitti) serves as a complement or direct object of the verb, answering the question of what he refused to do – “to give me.” The second infinitive (לַהֲלֹךְ, lahalokh) provides the object for the preceding infinitive: “to grant me to go.”