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1 Kings 18:19

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.

KJV

Verumtamen nunc mitte, et congrega ad me universum Israël in monte Carmeli, et prophetas Baal quadringentos quinquaginta, prophetasque lucorum quadringentos, qui comedunt de mensa Jezabel.

Vulgate

καὶ νῦν ἀπόστειλον, συνάθροισον πρὸς μὲ πάντα Ἰσραὴλ εἰς ὄρος τὸ Καρμήλιον, καὶ τοὺς προφήτας τῆς αἰσχύνης τετρακοσίους καὶ πεντήκοντα καὶ τοὺς προφήτας τῶν ἀλσῶν τετρακοσίους, ἐσθίοντας τράπεζαν Ἰεζάβελ.

LXX

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 Asherah four hundred, that eat at Jezebel’s table.

ASV

וְ/עַתָּ֗ה שְׁלַ֨ח קְבֹ֥ץ אֵלַ֛/י אֶת כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל הַ֣ר הַ/כַּרְמֶ֑ל וְ/אֶת נְבִיאֵ֨י הַ/בַּ֜עַל אַרְבַּ֧ע מֵא֣וֹת וַ/חֲמִשִּׁ֗ים וּ/נְבִיאֵ֤י הָֽ/אֲשֵׁרָה֙ אַרְבַּ֣ע מֵא֔וֹת אֹכְלֵ֖י שֻׁלְחַ֥ן אִיזָֽבֶל

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Jezebel
Places Mount Carmel

In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה
'shrh
proper_noun · 40×
אִיזֶ֔בֶל
'yzbl
proper_noun · 22×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַרְבַּ֥ע
'rb'
adjective · 318×
בַּ֔עַל
b'l
proper_noun · 79×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים
chmshym
adjective · 163×
י
y
noun · 71×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
כַּרְמֶ֑ל
krml
noun · 24×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 811×
ם
m
verb · 125×
מֵא֖וֹת
m'vt
adjective · 581×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
נָּבִ֖יא
nby'
noun · 316×
עַתָּ֗ה
'th
adverb · 433×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Is prophecy natural? Is it from God by means of the angels? Is a natural disposition requisite for prophecy? Is a good life requisite? Is any prophecy from the demons? Do prophets of the demons ever tell what is true? Article 1. Whether prophecy can be natural? Objection 1. It would seem that prophecy can be natural. For Gregory says (Dial. iv, 26) that "sometimes the mere stre…

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 16:33 — And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
  • 1Kgs 22:6 — Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the LORD sh
  • 2Kgs 2:25 — And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
  • 2Kgs 2:25 — And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
  • 2Kgs 3:13 — And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD
  • 2Kgs 10:19 — Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not li
  • 2Pet 2:1 — But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring up
  • 2Pet 2:1 — But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring up
  • Josh 19:26 — And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath;
  • Neh 5:17 — Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.