Now therefore have all Israel assemble for me at Mount Carmel, with the four hundred fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
1 Kings 18:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 So Ahab sent to all the Israelites and assembled the prophets at Mount Carmel. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Ahab sent to all the Israelites and assembled the prophets at Mount Carmel. American Standard Version (1901) So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. Common English Bible Ahab sent the message to all the Israelites. He gathered the prophets at Mount Carmel. Catholic Public Domain Version Ahab sent to all the sons of Israel, and he gathered together the prophets on mount Carmel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Achab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered together the prophets unto mount Carmel. |
Now therefore have all Israel assemble for me at Mount Carmel, with the four hundred fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
Elijah then came near to all the people and said, “How long will you go limping with two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him, but if Baal, then follow him.” The people did not answer him a word.
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; there he bowed himself down upon the earth and put his face between his knees.
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred of them, and said to them, “Shall I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain?” They said, “Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”
Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, “Bring quickly Micaiah son of Imlah.”
In the prophets of Samaria I saw a disgusting thing: they prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.