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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Gill's Exposition
And Elijah came unto all the people,.... Assembled at Mount Carmel:
and said, how long halt ye between two opinions? sometimes inclining to the one, and sometimes to the other: as a lame man in…
Barnes' Notes
Carmel (Jos 12:22 note) was chosen by the prophet as the scene of the gathering to which he invited, or rather summoned, Ahab. Its thick jungles of copse and numerous dwarf-oaks and olives, would…
Adam Clarke
Gather to me all Israel - The heads of tribes and families; the rulers of the people.
The prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty - the prophets of the groves four hundred - The king and queen had…
We have here the meeting between Ahab and Elijah, as bad a king as ever the world was plagued with and as good a prophet as ever the church was blessed with. 1. Ahab, like himself, basely accused…
Cambridge Bible
all Israel i.e. A representative body of the whole people.
unto mount Carmel There seems to have been in Elisha's time a residence on Mt. Carmel, where he dwelt. For the Shunammite goes thither to…
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