Discovery Box1 Kings 18:29 
Context18:29 Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy, 1 but there was no sound, no answer, and no response. 2
1 Kings 18:22
Context18:22 Elijah said to them: 3 “I am the only prophet of the Lord who is left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal.
1 Kings 18:40
Context18:40 Elijah told them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let even one of them escape!” So they seized them, and Elijah led them down to the Kishon Valley and executed 4 them there.
1 tn Heb “when noon passed they prophesied until the offering up of the offering.”
2 tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta include the following words here: “When it was time to offer the sacrifice, Elijah the Tishbite spoke to the prophets of the abominations: ‘Stand aside for the time being, and I will offer my burnt offering.’ So they stood aside and departed.”
sn In 2 Kgs 4:31 the words “there was no sound and there was no response” are used to describe a dead boy. Similar words are used here to describe the god Baal as dead and therefore unresponsive.
3 tn Heb “to the people.”
4 tn Or “slaughtered.”
