18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel, but [a]thou and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baal.

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.

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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 18:18 The true ministers of God ought not only not to suffer the truth to be unjustly slandered, but to reprove boldly the wicked slanderers without respect of person.

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