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1 Kings

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"Now then send and gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, together with 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table."

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
"Now now Adverb H6258 וְעַתָּ֗ה ve·'at·tah
then send to send Verb H7971 שְׁלַ֨ח she·lach
[and] gather to gather, collect Verb H6908 קְבֹ֥ץ ke·votz
to me all the whole, all Noun H3605 כָּל־ kol-
Israel "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc. Noun H3478 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל yis·ra·'el
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at Mount mountain, hill, hill country Noun H2022 הַ֣ר har
Carmel, a mountain promontory on the Mediterranean, also a city near Hebron Noun H3760 הַכַּרְמֶ֑ל hak·kar·mel;
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[together] with 450 four Noun H702 אַרְבַּ֧ע ar·ba
prophets a spokesman, speaker, prophet Noun H5030 נְבִיאֵ֨י ne·vi·'ei
of Baal a heathen god Noun H1168 הַבַּ֜עַל hab·ba·'al
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and 400 four Noun H702 אַרְבַּ֣ע ar·ba
prophets a spokesman, speaker, prophet Noun H5030 וּנְבִיאֵ֤י u·ne·vi·'ei
of the Asherah, a Phoenician goddess, also an image of the same Noun H842 הָֽאֲשֵׁרָה֙ ha·'a·she·rah
who eat to eat Verb H398 אֹכְלֵ֖י o·che·lei
at Jezebel's queen of Isr. with King Ahab Noun H348 אִיזָֽבֶל׃ i·za·vel.
table." a table Noun H7979 שֻׁלְחַ֥ן shul·chan

Locations

Carmel

CARMEL(1) A beautifully wooded mountain range running for about 13 miles in a south-easterly direction from the promontory which drops on the shore of the Mediterranean near Haifa, at the southern extremity of the plain of Acre, to the height of el-Machraqah which overlooks the plain of Esdraelon. On the top of the promontory, at a height of 500 ft. the mona... View Details

Israel

ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF" I. THE FIRST PERIOD1. The Two Kingdoms2. The Ist Dynasty3. The IInd Dynasty4. Civil WarII. PERIOD OF THE SYRIAN WARS1. The IIIrd Dynasty2. World-Politics3. Battle of Karkar4. Loss of Territory5. Reform of Religion6. Revolution7. The IVth Dynasty8. Renewed Prosperity9. AnarchyIII. DECLINE AND FALL1. Loss of Independence2. Decline3. Extinct... View Details

Mount Carmel

CARMEL(1) A beautifully wooded mountain range running for about 13 miles in a south-easterly direction from the promontory which drops on the shore of the Mediterranean near Haifa, at the southern extremity of the plain of Acre, to the height of el-Machraqah which overlooks the plain of Esdraelon. On the top of the promontory, at a height of 500 ft. the mona... View Details

People

Baal

Baal [N] [B] [H] [S] lord.  The name appropriated to the principal male god of the Phoenicians. It is found in several places in the plural BAALIM ( Judges 2:11 ;  10:10 ;  1 Kings 18:18 ; Jeremiah 2:23 ;  Hosea 2:17 ). Baal is identified with Molech ( Jeremiah 19:5 ). It was known to the Israelites as Baal-peor ( Numbers 25:3 ; ... View Details

Baal

the name of a city in Simeon, also two Israelites

Jezebel

Jezebel Jezebel, the symbolic name of a false prophetess chaste, the daughter of Ethbaal, the king of the Zidonians, and the wife of Ahab, the king of Israel ( 1 Kings 16:31 ). This was the "first time that a king of Israel had allied himself by marriage with a heathen princess; and the alliance was in this case of a peculiarly disastrous kind. Jezebel has stamped her name on history as the representative of all that is designing,... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 "Now then send and gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, together with 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table."
King James Bible "Now then send Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel at Mount unto mount Carmel, together with 450 and the prophets of Baal four hundred and 400 fifty, and the prophets of the Asherah, who groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table."
Hebrew Greek English "Now then send and gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, together with 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table."