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Mount Carmel

Northern coast of Israel · Old Testament · 25 verses

Mount Carmel is a wooded coastal ridge in northern Israel jutting toward the Mediterranean. It rises above the plain near the Kishon River. The name appears in Joshua, 1 Samuel, 1 Kings and 8 more in the King James text.

About Mount Carmel

Mount Carmel is a wooded coastal ridge in northern Israel jutting toward the Mediterranean. It rises above the plain near the Kishon River.

Its place in the story

On Mount Carmel, Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal, and fire from heaven fell to consume his sacrifice, proving the Lord to be God. Elisha frequented Carmel as well. Its fruitfulness made it a symbol of beauty and abundance.

Mount Carmel in Scripture (KJV)

“The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;”
Joshua 12:22 (KJV)
“Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,”
Joshua 15:55 (KJV)
“And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath;”
Joshua 19:26 (KJV)
“And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.”
1 Samuel 15:12 (KJV)
“And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.”
1 Samuel 25:2 (KJV)
“And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:”
1 Samuel 25:5 (KJV)
“And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.”
1 Samuel 25:7 (KJV)
“And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.”
1 Samuel 25:40 (KJV)

Mount Carmel is named 25 times in Scripture; 8 shown above.

Where it leads

The triumph of the Lord over Baal at Carmel affirms the one true God whom Jesus made known as Father.

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Where is Mount Carmel in the Bible?

Mount Carmel is a wooded coastal ridge in northern Israel jutting toward the Mediterranean. It rises above the plain near the Kishon River. The name appears in Joshua, 1 Samuel, 1 Kings and 8 more in the King James text.

What happened at Mount Carmel?

On Mount Carmel, Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal, and fire from heaven fell to consume his sacrifice, proving the Lord to be God. Elisha frequented Carmel as well. Its fruitfulness made it a symbol of beauty and abundance.

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