Discovery Box1 Kings 8:38 
Context8:38 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
Context14:22 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
Context18:28 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
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.
