1 Kings 18:40

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and Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal; don't let one of them escape. They took them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.

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The Kingdoms of Israel and JudahThe divided monarchy, showing the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah.

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Mount Carmel was the ridge where Elijah’s contest exposed Baal’s prophets; he then took them down to the nearby Kishon River valley for execution. Jezreel and Samaria were major centers of Ahab’s northern kingdom, underscoring that this judgment confronted Israel’s official Baal worship.

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1 Kings 18:40 mentions Jezreel, Kishon, Mount Carmel and Samaria.

Photo of Mount Carmel — Mount Carmel · Chadner