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# Carmel, Mount Carmel #
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## Facts: ##
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"Mount Carmel" refers to a mountain range that was located along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea just north of the Plain of Sharon. Its highest peak is 546 meters high.
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* There was also a town called "Carmel" located in Judah, south of the Salt Sea.
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* The wealthy landowner Nabal and his wife Abigail lived near the town of Carmel where David and his men helped guard Nabal's sheep shearers.
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* On Mount Carmel, Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal to a contest in order to prove that Yahweh is the only true God.
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* To make it clear that this wasn't just a single mountain, "Mount Carmel" could be translated as, "mountain on the Carmel mountain range" or "Carmel mountain range."
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(Translation suggestions: [How to Translate Names](rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names))
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(See also: [Baal](../other/baal.md), [Elijah](../other/elijah.md), [Judah](../other/judah.md), [Salt Sea](../other/saltsea.md))
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## Bible References: ##
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* [1 Kings 18:18-19](rc://en/tn/help/1ki/18/18)
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* [1 Samuel 15:12-13](rc://en/tn/help/1sa/15/12)
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* [Jeremiah 46:18-19](rc://en/tn/help/jer/46/18)
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* [Micah 07:14-15](rc://en/tn/help/mic/07/14)
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## Word Data:##
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* Strong's: H3760, H3761, H3762
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