27 And at noon Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a [a]god: either he talketh or pursueth his enemies, or is in his journey, or it may be that he sleepeth, and must be [b]awaked.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 18:27 You esteem him as God.
  2. 1 Kings 18:27 He mocketh their beastly madness, which think that by any instance or suit, the dead and vile idols can help their worshippers in their necessity.

27 At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.”(A)

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