1 Raja-raja 19:2

19:2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, ¹  “May the gods judge me severely ²  if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!” ³ 

1 Raja-raja 21:20

21:20 When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, ⁴  “So, you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah ⁵  replied, “I have found you, because you are committed ⁶  to doing evil in the sight of ⁷  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. ⁸  But I despise ⁹  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ¹⁰  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 ¹¹  until I safely return.”’” ¹² 

[19:2]  ¹ tn Heb “saying.”

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

[19:2]  ³ tn Heb “I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”

[21:20]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “you have sold yourself.”

[21:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

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

[22:8]  ⁹ tn Or “hate.”

[22:8]  ¹⁰ tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.

[22:27]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the bread of affliction and the water of affliction.”

[22:27]  ¹² tn Heb “come in peace.” So also in v. 28.