* mount Carmel.
Mount Carmel is situated north of Dora and south of Ptolemais
or Acre, from which it is distant, according to Josephus, 120
stadia, or, according to Thevenot, 10; miles; one of its
principal points advancing considerably into the
Mediterranean, and forming an elevated promontory. It is
described as a flattened cone, about 2,000; feet (some say
1,500) in height, very rocky, its sides steep and rugged, and
the soil neither deep nor rich. Capt. Mangles says its is now
quite barren, though at the north-eastern foot of it there are
some pretty olive-grounds.
42,43 Jos 19:26 1Sa 15:12 2Ki 2:25 Jer 46:18 Am 1:2 9:3
* the prophets of Baal.
22:6 2Pe 2:1 Re 19:20
* prophets of the groves.
15:13 16:33 2Ki 13:6
Though {ashairah} certainly denotes in some place a grove, yet
it is equally certain, that in others, as here, it must
signify an idol; and it is thought by learned men to be the
same as Ashtoreth, or Astarte the Syrian Venus.
* eat at Jezebel's table.
19:1,2 2Ki 9:22 Re 2:20
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