 | Edward Bather - 1850 - 358 pages
...thou hast followed Baalim. 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, 3 1 Kings xvii. 1. 4 1 Kings xviii. 1. which eat at Jezebel's table. So Ahab sent unto all the children... | |
 | 1851 - 636 pages
...why they were issued. " Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto Mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets...groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table." — 1 Kings xviii. 19. Ahab obeys ; and the priests and the prophets and the tribes of Israel are commanded... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1851 - 396 pages
...servants of the living God ; and, 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 of Jezebel's table. I demand it, as the representative of the Living God ; I speak in his name, and... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1851 - 336 pages
...are thus presented. The same fact comes out yet more clearly from the following passage : — The " prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which sat at Jezebel's table " (1 Kings, xviii. 19). In the next passage, the idea of an avenue of trees... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1851 - 340 pages
...are thus presented. The same fact comes out yet more clearly from the following passage : — The " prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which sat at Jezebel's table " (1 Kings, xviii. 19). In the next passage, the idea of an avenue of trees... | |
 | James Fergusson - 1851 - 408 pages
...that the two were equal objects of adoration, which is, however, more clear from the following: " The prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which sat at Jezebel's table."* In 1 Kings, xiv. 23., it is said, " They also built them high places and... | |
 | James Fergusson - 1851 - 448 pages
...that the two were equal objects of adoration, which is, however, more clear from the following: " The prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which sat at Jezebel's table."* In 1 Kings, xiv. 23., it is said, " They also built them high places and... | |
 | John William Lester - 1851 - 138 pages
...long-concealed and long-sought seer, once more appears before the king. He bids the monarch gather together the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty; and the prophets of the groves, four hundred, unto Mount Carmel. Men's hearts begin to breathe again. It is whispered from one to another that the... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1851 - 398 pages
..." Art thou he that troublest Israel ?" had challenged him, and Baal, his god, and Baal's prophets, four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves, four hundred, to meet him on Carmel, and have the question of the land and of the age — is Baal or is Jehovah God... | |
 | Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher - 1852 - 204 pages
...representative of God; "now, therefore, O king, send and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel ; and the prophets of Baal, four hundred and fifty, and the...groves, four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table." Elijah finished ; and Ahab obeyed, sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets... | |
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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. 
