1-kings 18:20
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to mount Carmel.
American King James Version (AKJV)
So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to mount Carmel.
American Standard Version (ASV)
So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
So Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and got the prophets together at Mount Carmel.
Webster's Revision
So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets to mount Carmel.
World English Bible
So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel.
English Revised Version (ERV)
So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
Barnes's 1-kings 18:20 Bible Commentary
Local tradition places the site of Elijah's sacrifice, not on the highest point of the mountain (1,728 ft.), but at the southeastern extremity (1,600 ft.) of the ridge, where a shapeless ruin, composed of great hewn stones, and standing amid thick bushes of dwarf-oak, in the near vicinity of a perennial spring, is known to the Arabs as "El-Maharrakah," "the burning," or "the sacrifice." All the circumstances of the locality adapt it for the scene of the contest.
Wesley's 1-kings 18:20 Bible Commentary
18:20 Ahab sent — He complied with Elijah's motion; because the urgency of the present distress made him willing to try all means to remove it; from a curiosity of seeing some extraordinary events; and principally, because God inclined his heart.