Text -- 1 Kings 18:29 (NET)

18:29 Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy, but there was no sound, no answer, and no response.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Ki 18:29

¹ tn Heb “when noon passed they prophesied until the offering up of the offering.”

² 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.