1 Kings 18:19-29

Rotherham(i) 19 Now, therefore, send, gather unto me all Israel, unto Mount Carmel,––and the prophets of Baal, four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the Sacred Stem, four hundred, who do eat at the table of Jezebel. 20 So Ahab sent among all the sons of Israel,––and gathered the prophets unto Mount Carmel.
21 And Elijah drew near unto all the people, and said––How long are ye limping on the two divided opinions? If, Yahweh, be GOD, follow, him, but, if, Baal, follow, him. But the people answered him, not a word. 22 Then said Elijah unto the people––I, am left, Yahweh’s, only, prophet,––but, the prophets of Baal, are four hundred and fifty men. 23 Let there be given us, therefore, two bullocks, and let them choose for themselves one bullock, and cut it in pieces, and lay it upon the wood, but, fire, shall they not put,––then, I, will make ready the other bullock, and place upon the wood, but, fire, will I not put. 24 Then shall ye call on the name of your god, and, I, will call on the name of Yahweh, and it shall be, the God that respondeth by fire, he, is GOD. And all the people responded––Well spoken! 25 Then said Elijah to the prophets of Baal––Choose for yourselves one bullock, and make ye ready, first, for, ye, are many,––and call ye on the name of your god, but, fire, shall ye not put. 26 So they took the bullock which was given them, and made ready, and called on the name of Baal––from the morning even until the noon, saying––O Baal! answer us. But them was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped about by the altar which had been made. 27 And it came to pass, at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said––Cry with a loud voice, for, a god, he is, either he hath, a meditation, or an occasion to retire, or he hath, a journey,––peradventure, he, sleepeth, and must be awaked. 28 And they cried, with a loud voice, and cut themselves, after their custom, with swords, and with lances,––until the blood gushed out upon them. 29 And so it was, when noon was passed, that although they prophesied until the offering up of the evening gift, yet was there no voice nor any that answered, nor any that hearkened.