1 Kings 18:29

18:29 Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy, ¹  but there was no sound, no answer, and no response. ² 

1 Kings 5:4

5:4 But now the Lord my God has made me secure on all fronts; there is no adversary or dangerous threat.

1 Kings 18:26

18:26 So they took a bull, as he had suggested, ³  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 ⁴  around on the altar they had made. ⁵ 

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.”

³ tn Heb “and they took the bull which he allowed them.”

⁴ tn Heb “limped” (the same verb is used in v. 21).

⁵ tc The MT has “which he made,” but some medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions have the plural form of the verb.