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Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let one of them escape!” They seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
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Verse 40. Cison, at the foot of Carmel. Adrichomius.—Achab durst not protect his prophets, being confounded by the evidence of the miracle, ( Menochius.) and the unanimity of the people’s cry. Bible.—Killed them, by God’s inspiration, ( Calmet.) as impostors, who had deluded the people, and were worthy of death.
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