1 Kings 18:27 (KJV)

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And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them and said Cry aloud for he is a god either he is talking or he is pursuing or he is in a journey or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked

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Elijah. 1Ki 22:15 2Ch 25:8 Ec 11:9 Isa 8:9 Isa 8:10 Isa 44:15-17 Eze 20:39 Am 4:4 Am 4:5 Mt 26:45 Mr 7:9 Mr 14:41

aloud. Heb. with a great voice. for he is a god. Isa 41:23

he is talking. or, he meditateth. is pursuing. Heb. hatha pursuit. must be awaked. Ps 44:23 Ps 78:65 Ps 78:66 Ps 121:4 Isa 51:9 Mr 4:38 Mr 4:39

either.Such were the absurd and degrading notions which the heathens entertained of their gods. "Vishnoo sleeps four months in the year; and to each of the gods some particular business is assigned. Vayoo manages the winds; Vuroonu the waters, etc. According to a number of fables in the pooranus, the gods are often out on journeys or expeditions." Ward's Views of the Hindoos, vol. ii. p. 324.

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