Study it in the app“Now then, send, gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, and the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at the table of Jezebel.””
Now then,וְעַתָּהsend,שְׁלַחgatherקְבֹץto meאֵלַיallכָּלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלatאֶלMountהַרCarmel,הַכַּרְמֶלandוְthe fourאַרְבַּעhundredמֵאוֹתand fiftyוַחֲמִשִּׁיםprophetsנְבִיאֵיof Baalהַבַּעַלand the fourוּ אַרְבַּעhundredמֵאוֹתprophetsנְבִיאֵיof Asherah,הָאֲשֵׁרָהwho eatאֹכְלֵיat the tableשֻׁלְחַןof Jezebel.”אִיזָבֶל
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shelach” appearsgather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “kevots” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearsCarmel
See it on the mapWhere else “karmel” appearsfour
Four.
Where else “arba” appearshundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appearsfifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “nevie” appearsBaal
Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.
Where else “baal” appearsAsherah
Asherah: a Canaanite goddess, and the pole or sacred tree that stood for her beside the altars.
Where else “ashera” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “ochle” appearstable
A piece of furniture on which food is set, or what is offered to God.
Where else “shulchan” appearsJezebel
Jezebel: a name of uncertain meaning. She is the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians, and wife of King Ahab, who promoted the worship of Baal in Israel and persecuted the prophets of YHWH.
Where else “izavel” appearsCarmel
Today: Mount Carmel, near Haifa, Israel
A mountain ridge near the Mediterranean coast in northern Israel, by present-day Haifa.
Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal there, and fire from the Lord fell (1 Kgs 18:19-38).
18He said, “I have not brought ruin on Israel, but you and the house of your father have, in your abandoning the commandments of YHWH; and you have gone after the Baals.
19 · This verse (above)
20So Ahab sent word among all the sons of Israel and gathered the prophets at Mount Carmel.
