Place
Mount Carmel
Identified location. The site is known today and most scholars agree on it.
The ridge that runs down to the sea at modern Haifa. Here Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal, asking the people "How long halt ye between two opinions?" Later the Shunammite woman found Elisha and Gehazi at Carmel.
Who passed through
In story order. King James Version.
- Ahab, 1 Kings 18:20
So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
- Elijah, 1 Kings 18:21
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
- Gehazi, 2 Kings 4:25
So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
Place names, references and coordinates: STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), with coordinates from OpenBible.info. Map: Natural Earth (public domain).