1 Kings 18:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Carmel. Eighteen miles from Jezreel; sixteen miles from the sea. The Kishon below, but now dry. At the foot. perennial spring, with. roofed reservoir, eight feet deep. Carmel is still called "Mar-Elias".

groves. the' Asherah. See note on Exodus 34:13.

1 Kings 18:19

19 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.