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1 Kings 18:19

Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”

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ASV

Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the Asherah four hundred, that eat at Jezebel’s table.

KJV

Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table.

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וְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.Tahand nowH6258 →
שְׁלַ֨חshe.LachsendH7971 →
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אֵלַ֛י'e.Laito meH413 →
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כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַ֣רhar[the] mountain ofH2022 →
הַכַּרְמֶ֑לha.kar.Mel<the> CarmelH3760 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
נְבִיאֵ֨יne.vi.'Ei[the] prophets ofH5030 →
הַבַּ֜עַלha.Ba.'al<the> BaalH1168 →
אַרְבַּ֧ע'ar.Ba'fourH702 →
מֵא֣וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967 →
וַחֲמִשִּׁ֗יםva.cha.mi.Shimand fiftyH2572 →
וּנְבִיאֵ֤יu.ne.vi.'Eiand [the] prophets ofH5030 →
הָֽאֲשֵׁרָה֙ha.'a.she.Rah<the> AsherahH842 →
אַרְבַּ֣ע'ar.Ba'fourH702 →
מֵא֔וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967 →
אֹכְלֵ֖י'o.khe.Lei[who] eat ofH398 →
שֻׁלְחַ֥ןshul.Chan[the] table ofH7979 →
אִיזָֽבֶל׃'i.Za.velJezebelH348 →

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Joshua 19:26Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. On the west the border touched Carmel and Shihor-libnath,1 Kings 16:33Then he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.Nehemiah 5:17There were 150 Jews and officials at my table, besides the guests from the surrounding nations.2 Kings 3:13Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”2 Peter 2:1Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.2 Kings 2:25And Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.2 Kings 10:19Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.1 Samuel 15:12Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”1 Kings 19:1–2Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.Revelation 2:20But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.Amos 1:2He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”1 Kings 22:6So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”Amos 9:3Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.1 Kings 15:13He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.2 Kings 13:6Nevertheless, they did not turn away from the sins that the house of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, but they continued to walk in them. The Asherah pole even remained standing in Samaria.1 Kings 18:42–43So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.2 Kings 9:22When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”Jeremiah 46:18As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.

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The Prophets of Baal Are Slaughtered — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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