1 Kings 18:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁰So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.

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Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 17-20)

We have here the meeting between Ahab and Elijah, as bad a king as ever the world was plagued with and as good a prophet as ever the church was blessed with. 1. Ahab, like himself, basely accused Elijah. He durst not strike him, remembering that Jeroboam’s hand withered when it was stretched out against a prophet, but gave him bad language, which was no less an affront to him that sent him. It was…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 20)

20. mount Carmel--is a bold, bluff promontory, which extends from the western coast of Palestine, at the bay of Acre, for many miles eastward, to the central hills of Samaria. It is a long range, presenting many summits, and intersected by a number of small ravines. The spot where the contest took place is situated at the eastern extremity, which is also the highest point of the whole ridge. It is…