²⁶ So they took the bull that he gave them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, ‘Baal, answer us! ’ But there was no sound;^(A) no one answered. Then they danced^[a] around the altar they had made.

²⁸ They shouted loudly, and cut themselves^(A) with knives and spears, according to their custom, until blood gushed over them.