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1 Kings 18:28

King James Version (KJV)

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And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.

1 Kings 18:28 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Kings 18:28

Theological / Devotional

Cut themselves. Self-mutilation, common in Oriental frenzy, was resorted to under the notion that the gods delight in the shedding of blood. Such bloody rites in cases of extreme heathen propitiation were not unusual in OT times (Jer. 16:6, 7), but they were forbidden to God’s people (Lev. 19:28; Deut. 14:1).

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