1 Kings 18:26-29 So they took the bull that was given them, and made it ready. They cried out to Baal from morning till the middle of the day. They said: »O Baal, give ear to us.« But there was no voice and no answer. They jumped up and down before the altar they had made.

NSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁶ So they took the bull that was given them, and made it ready. They cried out to Baal from morning till the middle of the day. They said: »O Baal, give ear to us.« But there was no voice and no answer. They jumped up and down before the altar they had made. ²⁷ In the middle of the day, Elijah made sport of them, saying: »Give louder cries, for he is a god; he may be deep in thought. He may have gone away for some purpose. Perhaps he is on a journey. By chance he is sleeping and must be woke up.« ²⁸ So they gave loud cries and they cut themselves with knives and swords till the blood came streaming out all over them. ²⁹ They went on with their prayers from midday till the time of the offering; but there was no voice, or any answer, or any who gave attention to them.