1 Kings 18:27

“And it came to pass at noon, etc.] When they had been from the time of the morning sacrifice until now invoking their deity to no purpose: that Elijah mocked them; he jeered and bantered them: and said, cry aloud; your god does not hear you; perhaps, if you raise your voice higher, he may; for he is a god; according to your esteem of him, and, if so, he surely may hear you: unless either he is talking; with others about matters of moment and importance, who are waiting on him with their applications to him; or he is in meditation; in a deep study upon some things difficult to be resolved: or he is pursuing; his studies, or his pleasures, or his enemies, to overtake them; or he is employed on…”

“The object of Elijah’s irony was two-fold; (1) to stimulate the priests to greater exertions, and so to make their failure more complete, and (2) to suggest to the people that such failure would prove absolutely that Baal was no God. The force of the expressions seems to be, “Cry on, only cry louder, and then you will make him hear, for surely he is a god; surely you are not mistaken in so regarding him.” He is “talking,” or “meditating;” the word used has both senses, for the Hebrews regarded “meditation” as “talking with oneself;” “or he is pursuing;” rather, perhaps, “he hath a withdrawing,” i. e., “he hath withdrawn himself into privacy for awhile,” as a king does upon occasions. The…”

“Mocked them - Derided them and their gods, which had now proved themselves to be ridiculous and contemptible things. 3 Kings (1 Kings) 18:28”

“18:27 is relieving himself: Elijah’s sarcastic taunts mocked the personification of the gods as having human needs. Egyptian priests awakened their god, then fed, washed, and dressed the idol in fresh clothing. They even put rouge on the idol’s face and placed the proper emblem of royalty on it.”

“Elijah: Kg1 22:15; Ch2 25:8; Ecc 11:9; Isa 8:9, Isa 8:10, Isa 44:15-17; Eze 20:39; Amo 4:4, Amo 4:5; Mat 26:45; Mar 7:9, Mar 14:41 aloud: Heb. with a great voice for he is a god: Isa 41:23 either: Such were the absurd and degrading notions which the heathens entertained of their gods. "Vishnoo sleeps four months in the year; and to each of the gods some particular business is assigned. Vayoo manages the winds; Vuroonu the waters, etc. According to a number of fables in the pooranus, the gods are often out on journeys or expeditions." Ward's Views of the Hindoos, vol. ii. p. 324. he is talking: or, he meditateth is pursuing: Heb. hath a pursuit must be awaked: Psa 44:23, Psa 78:65, Psa 78:66,…”