Mount Carmel
Mount Carmel was a mountain range in northern Israel where the prophet Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal.
PlaceOld Testament2 books5 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at 1 Kings 18:19; referred to as Carmel Mount or Carmel (כַּרְמֶל).
Location
- Certainty
- Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 32.672° N, 35.023° E
Alternative names
- כַּרְמֶלMount Carmel
Mentions
- 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.”
- So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.
- 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.
- And Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
- So she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there is the Shunammite woman.