Mountain associated with Elijah's confrontation with Baal's prophets.
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Wooded headland rising over the northern coast at the boundary of Asher, used in poetry as a symbol of fertility and majesty. summons all Israel and the prophets of there for the contest in which fire from Yahweh consumes a drenched sacrifice and the prophets of Baal are slaughtered at the brook below. later passes through Carmel, where the Shunammite woman comes to him after her son dies, and and invoke Carmel withering as a sign of judgment.
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Modern location: Mount Carmel. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.
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