Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 1 Kings 18:19

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mount Carmel: Mount Carmel is situated north of Dora and south of Ptolemais or Acre, from which it is distant, according to Josephus, 120 stadia, or, according to Thevenot, 10 miles; one of its principal points advancing considerably into the Mediterranean, and forming an elevated promontory. It is described as a flattened cone, about 2,000 feet (some say 1,500) in height, very rocky, its sides steep and rugged, and the soil neither deep nor rich. Capt. Mangles says its is now quite barren, though at the north-eastern foot of it there are some pretty olive-grounds. Kg1 18:42, Kg1 18:43; Jos 19:26; Sa1 15:12; Kg2 2:25; Jer 46:18; Amo 1:2, Amo 9:3 the prophets of Baal: Kg1 22:6; Pe2 2:1; Rev 19:20 prophets of the groves: Kg1 15:13, Kg1 16:33; Kg2 13:6; Though ashairah certainly denotes in some place a grove, yet it is equally certain, that in others, as here, it must signify an idol; and it is thought by learned men to be the same as Ashtoreth, or Astarte the Syrian Venus. eat at Jezebel's table: Kg1 19:1, Kg1 19:2; Kg2 9:22; Rev 2:20 3 Kings (1 Kings) 18:20

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