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1 Kings 18:28 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" They cried aloud, and cut themselves in their way with knives and lances until the blood gushed out on them. "

1 Kings 18:28

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26 They took the bull which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, “Baal, hear us!” But there was no voice, and nobody answered. They leaped about the altar which was made.

27 At noon, Elijah mocked them, and said, “Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is deep in thought, or he has gone somewhere, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he sleeps and must be awakened.”

28 They cried aloud, and cut themselves in their way with knives and lances until the blood gushed out on them.

29 When midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the evening offering; but there was no voice, no answer, and nobody paid attention.

30 Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me!”; and all the people came near to him. He repaired the LORD’s altar that had been thrown down.

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1 Kings 18:1

"After many days, the LORD’s word came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth.”"

1 Kings 18:2

"Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria."

1 Kings 18:3

"Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly;"

1 Kings 18:4

"for when Jezebel cut off the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)"

1 Kings 18:5

"Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.”"

1 Kings 18:6

"So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself."

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