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1 Kings 18:29
New English Translation
1 Kings 18:29
New English Translation
29 Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy,[a] but there was no sound, no answer, and no response.[b]
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- 1 Kings 18:29 tn Heb “when noon passed they prophesied until the offering up of the offering.”
- 1 Kings 18:29 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.
1 Kings 18:29
New International Version
1 Kings 18:29
New International Version
29 Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice.(A) But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention.(B)
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