Places
Carmel in 1 Kings 18
KAR-mul
This place shows up in 1 Kings 18:19: “Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to Mount Carmel, and four hundred fifty of the prophets of Baal, and four hundred of the…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
1 Kings 18:19
“Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to Mount Carmel, and four hundred fifty of the prophets of Baal, and four hundred of the prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.””
What kids can learn
When you hear carmel in 1 Kings, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read 1 Kings 18:19 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Kings 18:19
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Nowthereforesend,andgathertomeallIsraeltoCarmel,andhundredfiftyoftheprophetsofBaal,andhundredoftheprophetsoftheAsherah,whoeatatJezebel’stable.”