Lièwángjìshang 18:28

28 Tāmen dàshēng qiúgào , àn zhe tāmende guīju , yòng dāo qiāng zì gē , zì cī , zhídào shēntǐ liúxuè .

Lièwángjìshang 18:28 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 18:28

And they cried aloud
Trying to make him hear, if possible: and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the
blood gushed out upon them;
so the priests of Heathen deities used to slash themselves on their shoulders, arms, and thighs, in their devotions to them, as many writers observe ^F26, fancying their gods were delighted with human blood; particularly the priests of Bellona {a}, and the worshippers of the Syrian goddess ^F2, and of the Egyptian Isis ^F3.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 Vid. Kipping. Antiqu. Roman. l. 1. c. 10. p. 202.
F1 Tertul Apolog. c. 9. Lactant. Institut. l. 1. c. 21.
F2 Apulei Metamorph. l. 8.
F3 Herodot. Euterpe, c. 61. Manetho. Apotelesm. l. 1. ver. 243, 244. Seneca de vita beata, c. 27.

Lièwángjìshang 18:28 In-Context

26 Tāmen jiāng suǒ dé de niúdú yùbeì hǎo le , cóng zǎochen dào wǔ jiān , qiúgào bā lì de míng shuō , bā lì a , qiú nǐ yīngyún wǒmen . què méiyǒu shēngyīn , méiyǒu yīngyún de . tāmen zaì suǒ zhú de tán sìwéi yǒng tiào .

27 Dào le zhēng wǔ , Yǐlìyà xī xiào tāmen , shuō , dàshēng qiúgào ba . yīnwei tā shì shén , tā huò mòxiǎng , huò zǒu dào yī bian , huò xíng lù , huò shuìjiào , nǐmen dāng jiàoxǐng tā .

28 Tāmen dàshēng qiúgào , àn zhe tāmende guīju , yòng dāo qiāng zì gē , zì cī , zhídào shēntǐ liúxuè .

29 Cóng wǔ hòu zhídào xiàn wǎn jì de shíhou , tāmen kuáng hū luàn jiào , què méiyǒu shēngyīn , méiyǒu yīngyún de , yĕ méiyǒu lǐ huì de .

30 Yǐlìyà duì zhòng mín shuō , nǐmen dào wǒ zhèlǐ lái . zhòng mín jiù dào Tānàli . tā biàn chóng xiū yǐjing huǐhuaì Yēhéhuá de tán .