1 Kings 18:28

So they yelled louder and, in accordance with their prescribed ritual, ¹  mutilated themselves with swords and spears until their bodies were covered with blood. ² 

So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed.

So they cried with a loud voice and cut themselves according to their custom with swords and lances until the blood gushed out on them.

So they shouted louder, and following their normal custom, they cut themselves with knives and swords until the blood gushed out.

They prayed louder and louder, cutting themselves with swords and knives--a ritual common to them--until they were covered with blood.

So they gave loud cries, cutting themselves with knives and swords, as was their way, till the blood came streaming out all over them.

Then they cried aloud and, as was their custom, they cut themselves with swords and lances until the blood gushed out over them.

So they cried aloud, and cut themselves, as was their custom, with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them.

So they yelled louder and, in accordance with their prescribed ritual, ¹  mutilated themselves with swords and spears until their bodies were covered with blood. ² 

¹ tn Or “as was their custom.”

² 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.