And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye 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.
Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves. The priests of Baal commenced the ceremony by calling on their god. In vain did they continue invoking their senseless deity from morning until noon, and from noon until evening, uttering the most piercing cries, using the most frantic gesticulations, and mingling their blood with the sacrifice. (See description of the manner and invocation of the pagan, Osborne's 'Palestine,' p. 253; Roberts, 'Oriental Illustrations,' in loco; Davy's 'Travels in Ceylon;' and Dr. Marshall, 'Ceylon.')