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!”

[18:21] ¹tn 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] ²tn Heb “the God.”

[18:39] ³tn Heb “the God” (the phrase occurs twice in this verse).