1 Kings 18:17-20
18:17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he 1 said to him, “Is it really you, the one who brings disaster 2 on Israel?”
18:18 Elijah 3 replied, “I have not brought disaster 4 on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord’s commandments and following the Baals.
18:19 Now send out messengers 5 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. 6
18:20 Ahab sent messengers to all the Israelites and had the prophets assemble at Mount Carmel.
1 tn Heb “Ahab.”
2 tn Or “trouble.”
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Or “trouble.”
5 tn The word “messengers” is supplied in the translation both here and in v. 20 for clarification.
6 tn Heb “who eat at the table of Jezebel.”