Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to Mount Carmel, and four hundred fifty of the prophets of Baal, and four hundred of the prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Kings 18:19 in context
1 Kings 18:16–22
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So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
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When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”
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He answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house, in that you have forsaken the LORD’s commandments and you have followed the Baals.
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Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to Mount Carmel, and four hundred fifty of the prophets of Baal, and four hundred of the prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
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So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel.
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Elijah came near to all the people, and said, “How long will you waver between the two sides? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.”
The people didn’t say a word.
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Then Elijah said to the people, “I, even I only, am left as a prophet of the LORD; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred fifty men.
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