1 Kings 8:38

8:38 When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, ¹  as they acknowledge their pain ²  and spread out their hands toward this temple,

1 Kings 14:22

14:22 Judah did evil in the sight of ³  the Lord. They made him more jealous by their sins than their ancestors had done. ⁴ 

1 Kings 18:28

18:28 So they yelled louder and, in accordance with their prescribed ritual, ⁵  mutilated themselves with swords and spears until their bodies were covered with blood. ⁶ 

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¹ tn Heb “every prayer, every request for help which will be to all the people, to all your people Israel.”

² tn Heb “which they know, each the pain of his heart.”

³ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

⁴ tn Heb “and they made him jealous more than all which their fathers had done by their sins which they sinned.”

⁵ tn Or “as was their custom.”

⁶ tn Heb “until blood poured out on them.”

sn mutilated…covered with blood. This self-mutilation was a mourning rite designed to facilitate Baal’s return from the underworld.