1 Raja-raja 18:4

18:4 When Jezebel was killing ¹  the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.)

1 Raja-raja 19:2

19:2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, ²  “May the gods judge me severely ³  if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!” ⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 19:10

19:10 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal ⁵  to the Lord, the sovereign God, ⁶  even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, ⁷  torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 19:14

19:14 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal ⁹  to the Lord, the sovereign God, ¹⁰  even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, ¹¹  torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” ¹² 

1 Raja-raja 21:20

21:20 When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, ¹³  “So, you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah ¹⁴  replied, “I have found you, because you are committed ¹⁵  to doing evil in the sight of ¹⁶  the Lord.

1 Raja-raja 22:8

22:8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. ¹⁷  But I despise ¹⁸  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ¹⁹  Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”

1 Raja-raja 22:27

22:27 Say, ‘This is what the king says, “Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water ²⁰  until I safely return.”’” ²¹ 

[18:4]  ¹ tn Heb “cutting off.”

[19:2]  ² tn Heb “saying.”

[19:2]  ³ tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

[19:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”

[19:10]  ⁵ tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

[19:10]  ⁶ tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

[19:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

[19:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

[19:14]  ⁹ tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

[19:14]  ¹⁰ tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

[19:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

[19:14]  ¹² tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

[21:20]  ¹³ 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]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:20]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “you have sold yourself.”

[21:20]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[22:8]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

[22:8]  ¹⁸ tn Or “hate.”

[22:8]  ¹⁹ tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.

[22:27]  ²⁰ tn Heb “the bread of affliction and the water of affliction.”

[22:27]  ²¹ tn Heb “come in peace.” So also in v. 28.