28So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed.
28So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed.
25 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire."
26 So they took the bull given them and prepared it. Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. "O Baal, answer us!" they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.
27 At noon Elijah began to taunt them. "Shout louder!" he said. "Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened."
28 So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed.
29 Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice. But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention.
30 Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come here to me." They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the Lord , which was in ruins.
18:28And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
18:28So they cried with a loud voice, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till they were all covered with blood.
18:28And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them.
18:28And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with swords and spears, till the blood gushed out upon them.
18:28And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them.
18:28And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
18:28They cried aloud, and cut themselves in their way with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them.
18:28And they call with a loud voice, and cut themselves, according to their ordinance, with swords and with spears, till a flowing of blood is on them;
18:28And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out on them.