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.

²⁸ And they cried loud, and cut themselves as their manner was, with knives and lancers, till the blood gushed out upon them.