1 Kings 18 · Verse 20

1 Kings 18:20

So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
1 Kings 18:20, King James Version

1 Kings 18:20 in other translations

BSBSo Ahab summoned all the Israelites and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.
WEBSo Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel.
ASVSo Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
YLTAnd Ahab sendeth among all the sons of Israel, and gathereth the prophets unto the mount of Carmel;
DARBYSo Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
BBESo Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and got the prophets together at Mount Carmel.
WebsterSo Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets to mount Carmel.

What does 1 Kings 18:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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 called El-Mohhraka, "the Burning," or "the Burnt Place." No spot could have been better adapted for the thousands of Israel to have stood drawn up on those gentle slopes. The rock shoots up in an almost perpendicular wall of more than two hundred feet in height, on the side of the vale of Esdraelon. This wall made it visible over the whole plain, and from all the surrounding heights, where gazing multitudes would be stationed.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 18:17-20

One may guess how people stand affected to God, by observing how they stand affected to his people and ministers. It has been the lot of the best and most useful men, like Elijah, to be called and counted the troublers of the land. But those who cause God's judgments do the mischief, not he that foretells them, and warns the nation to repent.

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1 Kings 18:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֥חvai.yish.Lachand he sentH7971
אַחְאָ֖ב'ach.'AvAhabH256
בְּכָל\־be.kholamong allH3605
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וַיִּקְבֹּ֥ץvai.yik.Botzand he gatheredH6908
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַנְּבִיאִ֖יםha.ne.vi.'Imthe prophetsH5030
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַ֥רhar[the] mountain ofH2022
הַכַּרְמֶֽל\׃ha.kar.Mel<the> CarmelH3760

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 18:20

  • 1 Kings 22:9

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

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Context

  • 1 Kings 18:19

    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.

  • 1 Kings 18:20

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

  • 1 Kings 18:21

    And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

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1 Kings 18:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces Achâb envió á todos los hijos de Israel, y juntó los profetas en el monte de Carmelo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Achab envoya à tous les fils d’Israël, et rassembla les prophètes à la montagne du Carmel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da sandte Ahab unter allen Kindern Israel umher und versammelte die Propheten nach dem Berge Karmel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Misit Achab ad omnes filios Israël, et congregavit prophetas in monte Carmeli.