Bible Location

mount Carmel

5 cross references · Modern-day map available

Mount Carmel is the prominent ridge running to the Mediterranean in northern Israel above the Jezreel and coastal plain. It is important because it is the setting of Elijah's confrontation with the prophets of Baal and later remains associated with prophetic movement and prayer. First appears in 1 Kgs 18:19.1

Coordinates

32.73, 35.05

First appears

1 Kgs 18:19

AI summary: Mount Carmel is one of the most dramatic mountain settings in the Old Testament. In Kings it becomes the stage for Elijah's contest with Baal's prophets, where the question of true worship is settled publicly and decisively before Israel. The same mountain then becomes a place of prayerful watching for rain and later part of Elisha's prophetic circuit. The cross references present Mount Carmel as a ridge of prophetic authority, covenant confrontation, and answered prayer.1

Latitude

32.73

Longitude

35.05

Bible references

5