Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel. New Living Translation So Ahab summoned all the people of Israel and the prophets to Mount Carmel. English Standard Version So Ahab sent to all the people of Israel and gathered the prophets together at Mount Carmel. Berean Standard Bible So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel. King James Bible So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. New King James Version So Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together on Mount Carmel. New American Standard Bible So Ahab sent orders among all the sons of Israel and brought the prophets together at Mount Carmel. NASB 1995 So Ahab sent a message among all the sons of Israel and brought the prophets together at Mount Carmel. NASB 1977 So Ahab sent a message among all the sons of Israel, and brought the prophets together at Mount Carmel. Legacy Standard Bible So Ahab sent a message among all the sons of Israel and gathered the prophets together at Mount Carmel. Amplified Bible So Ahab sent word to all the Israelites and assembled the [pagan] prophets together at Mount Carmel. Christian Standard Bible So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and gathered the prophets at Mount Carmel. Holman Christian Standard Bible So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and gathered the prophets at Mount Carmel. American Standard Version So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Akhab sent to all the sons of Israel and gathered the men to the Mountain of Karmela. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Achaab sent to all Israel, and gathered all the prophets to mount Carmel. Contemporary English Version Ahab got everyone together, then they went to meet Elijah on Mount Carmel. Douay-Rheims Bible Achab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered together the prophets unto mount Carmel. English Revised Version So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. GOD'S WORD® Translation Ahab sent word to all the Israelites and brought the prophets together on Mount Carmel. Good News Translation So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and the prophets of Baal to meet at Mount Carmel. International Standard Version Ahab sent for the Israelis and brought the prophets together at Mount Carmel, JPS Tanakh 1917 And Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. Literal Standard Version And Ahab sends among all the sons of Israel, and gathers the prophets to the Mount of Carmel; Majority Standard Bible So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel. New American Bible So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and had the prophets gather on Mount Carmel. NET Bible Ahab sent messengers to all the Israelites and had the prophets assemble at Mount Carmel. New Revised Standard Version So Ahab sent to all the Israelites, and assembled the prophets at Mount Carmel. New Heart English Bible So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together at Mount Carmel. Webster's Bible Translation So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets to mount Carmel. World English Bible So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel. Young's Literal Translation And Ahab sendeth among all the sons of Israel, and gathereth the prophets unto the mount of Carmel; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Elijah on Mount Carmel…19Now 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.” 20So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel. 21Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.… Cross References 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." 1 Kings 18:21 Then Elijah approached all the people and said, "How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him." But the people did not answer a word. 1 Kings 18:42 So 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 2:25 And Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria. Treasury of Scripture So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to mount Carmel. gathered 1 Kings 22:9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah. Jump to Previous Ahab Assembled Carmel Children Gathered Gathereth Israel Message Mount Prophets Throughout Together WordJump to Next Ahab Assembled Carmel Children Gathered Gathereth Israel Message Mount Prophets Throughout Together Word1 Kings 18 1. In the extremity of famine Elijah, sent to Ahab, meets good Obadiah9. Obadiah brings Ahab to Elijah 17. Elijah, reproving Ahab, by fire from heaven convinces Baal's prophets 41. Elijah, by prayer obtaining rain, follows Ahab to Jezreel Verse 20. - So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto Mount Carmel, ["The persecuting king became a passive instrument in the hand of the persecuted prophet" (Stanley). His ready compliance with Elijah's request, notwithstanding the bitter hatred of the man which he had just betrayed, is easily explained. It was not so much that "he bowed before the spiritual supremacy of the prophet, which impressed him" (Bahr), as that he hoped, from his reappearance, that he was now about to speak the word (1 Kings 17:1) and give rain upon the earth, and Ahab was willing to take any measures which would conduce with that result. It would take some days to collect the representatives of the tribes.] Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So Ahabאַחְאָ֖ב (’aḥ·’āḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 256: Ahab -- 'father's brother', a king of Israel, also a false prophet summoned וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח (way·yiš·laḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out all בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the Israelites בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son and assembled וַיִּקְבֹּ֥ץ (way·yiq·bōṣ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6908: To gather, collect the prophets הַנְּבִיאִ֖ים (han·nə·ḇî·’îm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet on אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Mount הַ֥ר (har) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country Carmel. הַכַּרְמֶֽל׃ (hak·kar·mel) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3760: Carmel -- a mountain promontory on the Mediterranean, also a city near Hebron Links 1 Kings 18:20 NIV1 Kings 18:20 NLT 1 Kings 18:20 ESV 1 Kings 18:20 NASB 1 Kings 18:20 KJV 1 Kings 18:20 BibleApps.com 1 Kings 18:20 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 18:20 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 18:20 French Bible 1 Kings 18:20 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Kings 18:20 So Ahab sent to all the children (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) |
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