²⁶ So they took the bull given them and prepared it.

Then they called^(A) on the name of Baal from morning till noon. “Baal, answer us!” they shouted. But there was no response;^(B) no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.

²⁹ Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice.^(A) But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention.^(B)