1 Kings 18:28

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 F26 Vid. Kipping. Antiqu. Roman. l. 1. c. 10. p. 202. , fancying their gods were delighted with human blood; particularly the priests of Bellona F1 Tertul Apolog. c. 9. Lactant. Institut. l. 1. c. 21. , and the worshippers of the Syrian goddess F2 Apulei Metamorph. l. 8. , and of the Egyptian Isis F3 Herodot. Euterpe, c. 61. Manetho. Apotelesm. l. 1. ver. 243,244. Seneca de vita beata, c. 27. .