In response, the Baal priests became even more frenzied, “calling at the top of their voice and cutting themselves according to their custom with daggers and with lances, until they caused blood to flow out upon them. ”
Ķēniņu 18: 26, 27.) Par atbildi Baala priesteri vēl neprātīgāk ” sauca ar stipru balsi un ievainoja sevi pēc sava ieraduma ar nažiem un īleniem, tiekāms tiem asinis tecēja ”.