And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress [it] first; for ye [are] many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire [under].
Ver. 25. Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first.] All privileges and advantages are granted them, lest it should be pretended that their god was sullen, and therefore silent.