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1 Kings 18:401Kgs.18.40

And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

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Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Saisissez les prophètes de Baal, leur dit Elie; qu'aucun d'eux n'échappe! Et ils les saisirent. Elie les fit descendre au torrent de Kison, où il les égorgea.

KJV

And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

Patristic reading

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    Patrologia Latina Vol. 134 (Migne)

    virorum. ] , qui non curvaverunt genua ante Baal. Hoc exemplum manifeste patet in libro Regum (III Reg. XVIII, 40) . Legitur enim, quia, cum occidisset propria manu Elias propheta quadringentos prophetas Baal, facta est vehemens persecutio adversus prophetas Domini, adeo ut…

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