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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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Verse 19. Fifty, attached to Baal, and fed by the king; while the prophets of the groves, or of Astarte, lived at the queen’s expense. They imitated the lives of the true prophets, to delude the people.—Carmel was long after famous fo the worship of Apollo, who was the same with Baal, or the sun. Joshua 19:26. Calmet.—No mention is made of rain: but it was understood that it would be given, when the people should assemble to hear God’s determination. Menochius.—Achab durst not therefore refuse to convoke them. Bible.
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