1 Kings 18:21

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 18:2

18:2 So Elijah went to make an appearance before Ahab.

Now the famine was severe in Samaria. ³ 

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah Visits a Widow in Sidonian Territory

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 

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah Visits a Widow in Sidonian Territory

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 

Matthew 6:24

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 

[18:21]  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.

[18:21]  ² tn Heb “the God.”

[18:2]  ³ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[17:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

[17:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”

[17:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

[17:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”

[6:24]  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.

[6:24]  ⁹ tn Or “and treat [the other] with contempt.”

[6:24]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “God and mammon.”