1 Kings 18:27-29
1599 Geneva Bible
27 And at noon Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a [a]god: either he talketh or pursueth his enemies, or is in his journey, or it may be that he sleepeth, and must be [b]awaked.
28 And they cried loud, and cut themselves as their manner was, with knives and lancers, till the blood gushed out upon them.
29 And when midday was passed, and they had prophesied until the offering of the evening sacrifice, there was neither voice, nor one to answer, nor any that regarded.
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- 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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