1 Kings 18:25-27
1599 Geneva Bible
25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you a bullock, and prepare him first, (for ye are many) and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.
26 So they took the one bullock that was given them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning to noon, saying, O Baal, hear us: but there was no voice, nor any to answer: and they [a]leapt upon the altar that was made.
27 And at noon Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a [b]god: either he talketh or pursueth his enemies, or is in his journey, or it may be that he sleepeth, and must be [c]awaked.
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- 1 Kings 18:26 As men ravished with some strange spirit.
- 1 Kings 18:27 You esteem him as God.
- 1 Kings 18:27 He mocketh their beastly madness, which think that by any instance or suit, the dead and vile idols can help their worshippers in their necessity.
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