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1 Kings 18:28

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And they cried aloud,.... Trying to make him hear, if possible:and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them; so the priests of Heathen deities used to slash themselves on their shoulders, arms, and thighs, in their devotions to them, as many writers observe , fancying their gods were delighted with human blood; particularly the priests of Bellona , and the worshippers of the Syrian goddess , and of the Egyptian Isis .

Vid. Kipping. Antiqu. Roman. l. 1. c. 10. p. 202. Tertul Apolog. c. 9. Lactant. Institut. l. 1. c. 21. Apulei Metamorph. l. 8. Herodot. Euterpe, c. 61. Manetho. Apotelesm. l. 1. ver. 243, 244. Seneca de vita beata, c.

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