³ tn Heb “here or there.”

² tn Heb “Look, Elijah”; or “Elijah is here.”

¹ tn Heb “Look, Elijah”; or “Elijah is here.”

¹ tn Heb “Look, Elijah”; or “Elijah is here.”

³ tn The word occurs only here; the precise meaning is uncertain.

¹ tn The Hebrew text has “belonging to Jeroboam” here.

³ tn Heb “and you may not go out from there here or there.”

² tc The Old Greek, Syriac Peshitta, and some mss of the Targum have here “his house.”

² tc The Old Greek has eight additional verses here. Cf. 1 Kgs 22:41-44.

¹ tn The word “messengers” is supplied in the translation both here and in v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A11&tab=notes" ver="">20 for clarification.

¹ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here and in v.15 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

¹ tn The translation assumes that the perfect tense here indicates that the action occurs as the statement is made.

² tn Heb “by stairs they went up.” The word translated “stairs” occurs only here. Other options are “trapdoors” or “ladders.”

² tn Heb “Ephrathite,” which here refers to an Ephraimite (see HALOT 81 s.v. אֶפְרַיִם).

² tn In the Hebrew text the name is spelled “Abijam” here and in 1 Kgs 15:1-8.

¹ tn The Hebrew text has “alone” here and again in reference to Obadiah toward the end of the verse.

² sn King Ahab of Samaria. Samaria, as the capital of the northern kingdom, here stands for the nation of Israel.

¹ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words here: “he tore his garments and put on sackcloth. After these things.”

¹ tn Heb “now, come.” The imperative of הָלַךְ (halakh) is here used as an introductory interjection. See BDB 234 s.v. חָלַךְ.

¹ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek and the Vulgate have here “you” rather than “now.” The two words are homonyms in Hebrew.