Now the famine was severe in Samaria. 3
17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), 4 there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.” 5
17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), 6 there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.” 7
6:24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate 8 the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise 9 the other. You cannot serve God and money. 10
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 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
4 tn Heb “before whom I stand.”
5 tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”
6 tn Heb “before whom I stand.”
7 tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”
8 sn The contrast between hate and love here is rhetorical. The point is that one will choose the favorite if a choice has to be made.
9 tn Or “and treat [the other] with contempt.”
10 tn Grk “God and mammon.”