1 Kings 18:28 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 18:28

So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.

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ASV

And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them.

KJV

And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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 (z), fancying their gods were delighted with human blood; particularly the priests of Bellona (a), and the worshippers of the Syrian goddess (b), and of the Egyptian Isis (c). (z) Vid. Kipping. Antiqu. Roman. l. 1. c. 10. p. 202. (a) Tertul Apolog. c. 9. Lactant.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

God never required his worshippers thus to honour him; but the service of the devil, though in some instances it pleases and pampers the body, yet in other things it is really cruel to it, as in envy and drunkenness. It seems, this was the manner of the worshippers of Baal. God expressly forbade his worshippers to cut themselves, Deut. xiv.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֙	vai.yik.re.'U	and they called out	H7121 →
בְּק֣וֹל	be.Kol	with a voice	H6963 →
גָּד֔וֹל	ga.Dol	great	H1419 →
וַיִּתְגֹּֽדְדוּ֙	vai.yit.go.de.Du	and they cut themselves	H1413 →
כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֔ם	ke.mish.pa.Tam	according to custom their	H4941 →
בַּחֲרָב֖וֹת	ba.cha.ra.Vot	with <the> swords	H2719 →
וּבָֽרְמָחִ֑ים	u.va.re.ma.Chim	and with <the> lances	H7420 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
שְׁפָךְ־	she.fokh-	poured out	H8210 →
דָּ֖ם	dam	blood	H1818 →
עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃	'a.lei.Hem	over them	H5921 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Leviticus 19:28
You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
leads to
- Leviticus 21:5
  Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 14:1
  You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
- Leviticus 21:1
  Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,
- Jeremiah 16:6
  “Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.
- Jeremiah 48:37
  For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
Through
Mark 5:5
Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.
leads to
- Job 2:7–8
  So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
Through
Micah 6:7
Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
leads to
- 2 Kings 16:3
  Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the…
Through
Deuteronomy 14:1
You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
leads to
- Galatians 3:26
  You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

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Where the connections lead

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06About 1 Kings

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About 1 Kings