Exactly. I was just recently reading this passage in 1 Kings 18:27 and having a good laugh.
The more history one studies, the more one can appreciate some of the directed sarcasm in many situations n Scripture.
Take the revelation of the Father to Christ given to John. There is a depiction of Christ with seven stars in his hand.
I remember a sermon noting at the time of writing and for a century or so preceding, there were mythical allusions to Caesar and Zeus holding the stars representing the daughters of Zeus in his hand and whoever held them in his hand controlled the universe.
In the first chapter of Revelation we see He who is the first and the last holding seven stars representing the seven angels of the seven churches in His hand.
Without adding or taking away from Scripture, it might be easy to see how such a revelation to a worldly person of that day simply assertively represents God controls the universe, not Zeus.