1 Kings 18:19
18:19 Now send out messengers 1 and assemble all Israel before me at Mount Carmel, as well as the 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of Asherah whom Jezebel supports. 2
1 Kings 18:26
18:26 So they took a bull, as he had suggested, 3 and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us.” But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped 4 around on the altar they had made. 5
1 Kings 18:40
18:40 Elijah told them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let even one of them escape!” So they seized them, and Elijah led them down to the Kishon Valley and executed 6 them there.
1 tn The word “messengers” is supplied in the translation both here and in v. 20 for clarification.
2 tn Heb “who eat at the table of Jezebel.”
3 tn Heb “and they took the bull which he allowed them.”
4 tn Heb “limped” (the same verb is used in v. 21).
5 tc The MT has “which he made,” but some medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions have the plural form of the verb.
6 tn Or “slaughtered.”