18:26 So they took a bull, as he had suggested, 1 and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us.” But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped 2 around on the altar they had made. 3
Matthew 6:7
6:7 When 4 you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard.
1 tnHeb “and they took the bull which he allowed them.”
2 tnHeb “limped” (the same verb is used in v. 21).
3 tc The MT has “which he made,” but some medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions have the plural form of the verb.