Verse 29
29. They prophesied In the manner described in the last verse. See note on 1 Samuel 18:10.
Until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice Or, until towards the offering. The time is indicated only approximately. There is nothing in the Hebrew that answers to evening, which is here supplied by our translators; but the context shows that the evening sacrifice is meant, for from morning until after midday had the priests of Baal kept up their orgies. The evening sacrifice was offered “between the two evenings.” Exodus 29:39; Numbers 28:4. This expression also designates the time at which the paschal lamb was killed. See note on Exodus 12:6. The exact hour was disputed even by the ancients. It would seem from a casual remark of Josephus ( Antiquties, 1 Kings 14:4 ; 1 Kings 14:3) to have been about the ninth hour, or three o’clock in the afternoon.
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