1 Kings 18:26-28

New Catholic Bible

²⁶ They took the ox that had been given them, and they prepared it. They called upon the name of Baal from the morning until noontime. They said, “Hear us, O Baal.” But there was no voice, and no one answered. They then leapt around on the altar they had built. ²⁷ At noon, Elijah mocked them and said, “Cry out loud, for he is a god. He might be meditating, or maybe he has gone aside. Perhaps he is on a journey, or maybe he is asleep and needs to be woken up.”

²⁸ So they cried out loud, and they slashed themselves with knives and swords as was their custom until blood gushed out from their bodies.