1 Kings 18:26

which was given them These words are omitted in the LXX., which represents -hear us" in the latter part of the verse twice over.

and they leaped upon[R.V. about] the altar One part of the heathen worship consisted in a dance around the altar, during which the devotees wrought themselves up to a pitch of frenzy, and then their action took the form of wild leaping. Such was probably the kind of worship of the Saliiwhom Numa instituted at Rome, and hence their name = Jumpers. The dances of the Aborigines of Australia were very much of this fashion.