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1 Kings 18:21

Context
18:21 Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? 1  If the Lord is the true God, 2  then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word.

1 Kings 18:39

Context
18:39 When all the people saw this, they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said, “The Lord is the true God! 3  The Lord is the true God!”

1 tn Heb “How long are you going to limp around on two crutches?” (see HALOT 762 s.v. סְעִפִּים). In context this idiomatic expression refers to indecision rather than physical disability.

2 tn Heb “the God.”

3 tn Heb “the God” (the phrase occurs twice in this verse).



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