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1 Kings 18:19

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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.
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  1. 1 Kings 16:33Rank 1 from verse 19
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    33And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

  2. Joshua 19:26Rank 2 from verse 19
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    26And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath;

  3. 2 Kings 2:25Rank 3 from verse 19
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    25And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.

  4. 2 Peter 2:1Rank 4 from verse 19
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    1BUT there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

  5. 1 Kings 15:13Rank 5 from verse 19
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    13And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.

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1 Kings 18:19

COMBINED MEANING

Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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COMBINED MEANING

mount

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Sense 1: A hill, mountain, or elevated tract of land. Sense 2: An artificial raised mound used in siege. Sense 3: To rise, ascend, climb, get upon, or increase upward.

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groves

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1. Groups of trees. 2. Objects or places connected with idolatrous worship.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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eat

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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

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table

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A flat surface or board; a place for food; a written tablet or list.

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

19Now 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.

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

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