Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 18:27

27 And it came to pass at noon , that Elijah mocked them , and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god, either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey , or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.

When they had long tried all means in vain.

Derided them and their gods, which were indeed, and had now proved thmselves to be ridiculous and contemptible things. By this example we see, that all jesting is not unlawful, but onely that which intrencheth upon Piety, and good Manners. See on Eph. 5. 4.

He is employed about some other business, and hath not leisure to mind you: for being a god of a small and narrow understanding, he cannot mind two things at once, and you are immodest and unreasonable to expect it from him.

Marginal references: Heb. with a great [illegible: 1 word] ▪; Or, [illegible: 1+ letters]e [illegible: 1+ letters] tateth.; Heb. [illegible: 1 word] pursuit.