1 Kings 18:27-29
Elijah <0452> [Elijah.]
louder <01419> [aloud. Heb. with a great voice. for he is a god.]
deep in thought <07879> [either.]
Such were the absurd and degrading notions which the heathens entertained of their gods. "Vishnoo sleeps four months in the year; and to each of the gods some particular business is assigned. Vayoo manages the winds; Vuroonu the waters, etc. According to a number of fables in the pooranus, the gods are often out on journeys or expeditions." Ward's Views of the Hindoos, vol. ii. p. 324.
deep in thought <07879> [he is talking. or, he meditateth. is pursuing. Heb. hath a pursuit. must be awaked.]
prescribed ... mutilated <01413 04941> [cut themselves.]
covered ... blood <08210 01818> [the blood gushed out upon them. Heb. they poured out blood upon them.]
<05012> [prophesied.]
<05927> [offering. Heb. ascending. See on ver.]
sound <06963> [voice.]
response <07182> [that regarded. Heb. attention.]
