1 Kings 18:29

New English Translation

²⁹Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy,^[a] but there was no sound, no answer, and no response.^[b]

1 Kings 18:29 tn Heb “when noon passed they prophesied until the offering up of the offering.”
1 Kings 18:29 tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta include the following words here: “When it was time to offer the sacrifice, Elijah the Tishbite spoke to the prophets of the abominations: ‘Stand aside for the time being, and I will offer my burnt offering.’ So they stood aside and departed.”sn In 2 Kgs 4:31 the words “there was no sound and there was no response” are used to describe a dead boy. Similar words are used here to describe the god Baal as dead and therefore unresponsive.

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