Melachim A 18:27

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27 ויהי בצהרים ויהתל בהם אליהו ויאמר קראו בקול גדול כי אלהים הוא כי שיח וכי שיג לו וכי דרך לו אולי ישן הוא ויקץ׃


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By Henry MacLagan

Verse 27. So that they come into the highest ardour of their selfish love; and then the truth appears to excite their falsities; for they think of the Divine as needing to be urged, or that he reflects, takes rest, is instructed, or is merely natural, and needs rousing as an ordinary man.