1 Kings 18 · Verse 28

1 Kings 18:28

And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
1 Kings 18:28, King James Version

1 Kings 18:28 in other translations

BSBSo they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.
WEBThey cried aloud, and cut themselves in their way with knives and lances until the blood gushed out on them.
ASVAnd they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them.
YLTAnd they call with a loud voice, and cut themselves, according to their ordinance, with swords and with spears, till a flowing of blood is on them;
DARBYAnd they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with swords and spears, till the blood gushed out upon them.
BBESo they gave loud cries, cutting themselves with knives and swords, as was their way, till the blood came streaming out all over them.
WebsterAnd they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.

What does 1 Kings 18:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 18:21-40

21-40. Elijah said unto all the people, How long halt ye?--They had long been attempting to conjoin the service of God with that of Baal. It was an impracticable union and the people were so struck with a sense of their own folly, or dread of the king's displeasure, that they "answered not a word." Elijah proposed to decide for them the controversy between God and Baal by an appeal, not to the authority of the law…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 They cried aloud - The poor fools acted as they were bidden. And cut themselves after their manner - This was done according to the rites of that barbarous religion; if the blood of the bullock would not move him they thought their own blood might; and with it they smeared themselves and their sacrifice. This was not only the custom of the idolatrous Israelites, but of the Syrians, Persians, Greeks, Indians, and in short of all the heathen world.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 18:21-40

Many of the people wavered in their judgment, and varied in their practice. Elijah called upon them to determine whether Jehovah or Baal was the self-existent, supreme God, the Creator, Governor, and Judge of the world, and to follow him alone. It is dangerous to halt between the service of God and the service of sin, the dominion of Christ and the dominion of our lusts. If Jesus be the only Saviour, let us cleave…

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1 Kings 18:28 in the original Hebrew

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וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֙vai.yik.re.'Uand they called outH7121
בְּק֣וֹלbe.Kolwith a voiceH6963
גָּד֔וֹלga.DolgreatH1419
וַיִּתְגֹּֽדְדוּ֙vai.yit.go.de.Duand they cut themselvesH1413
כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֔םke.mish.pa.Tamaccording to custom theirH4941
בַּחֲרָב֖וֹתba.cha.ra.Votwith <the> swordsH2719
וּבָֽרְמָחִ֑יםu.va.re.ma.Chimand with <the> lancesH7420
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
שְׁפָךְ\־she.fokh-poured outH8210
דָּ֖םdambloodH1818
עֲלֵיהֶֽם\׃'a.lei.Hemover themH5921

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 18:28

  • Leviticus 19:28

    Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

  • Deuteronomy 14:1

    Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

  • Mark 5:5

    And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

  • Mark 9:22

    And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.

  • Micah 6:7

    Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
cut themselves.
Le 19:28; De 14:1; Mic 6:7; Mr 5:5; 9:22
the blood gushed out upon them. Heb. they poured out bloodupon them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Kings 18:27

    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.

  • 1 Kings 18:28

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

  • 1 Kings 18:29

    And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.

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1 Kings 18:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y ellos clamaban á grandes voces, y sajábanse con cuchillos y con lancetas conforme á su costumbre, hasta chorrear la sangre sobre ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils crièrent à haute voix, et se firent des incisions, selon leur coutume, avec des épées et des piques, jusqu’à faire couler le sang sur eux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie riefen mit lauter Stimme und ritzten sich nach ihrer Weise mit Schwertern und mit Lanzen, bis sie Blut an sich vergossen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Clamabant ergo voce magna, et incidebant se juxta ritum suum cultris et lanceolis, donec perfunderentur sanguine.