This
is where Elijah called down fire from
Heaven to consume the sacrifice on the
Altar.
He also stayed
here in the caves to meditate and called upon God.
Elisha
also camped here often to seek
the Lord.
2Kin
4:25 (KJS) So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel.
And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said
to Gehazi his servant, Behold, [yonder is] that Shunammite:
26 Run now, I
pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, [Is it] well with thee? [is
it] well with thy husband? [is it] well with the child? And she
answered, [It is] well.
Easton's Dict. [carmel] # 724
1Sam
25:5 And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the
young men, Get you up to
1Sam
25:40 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to
Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take
thee to him to wife.
Here king Uzziah had his vineyards
2Chr
26:10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells:
for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains:
husbandmen [also], and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel:
for he loved husbandry. {digged...: or, cut out many cisterns} {Carmel:
or, fruitful fields} {husbandry: Heb. ground}
The ruins of this town still remain under the name of Kurmul, about 10 miles south-south-east of Hebron, close to those of Maon.
Easton'
Dictonary
Carmel
a park; generally with the article, "the park."
(1.)
A prominent headland of Central Palestine, consisting of several
connected hills extending
from
the plain of Esdraelon to the sea, a distance of some 12 miles or more.
At the east end, in its
highest
part, it is 1,728 feet high, and at the west end it forms a promontory
to the bay of Acre
about
600 feet above the sea. It lay within the tribe of Asher. It was here,
at the east end of the
ridge,
at a place called el-Mukhrakah (i.e., the place of burning), that
Elijah brought back the
people
to their allegiance to God, and slew the prophets of Baal
#1Ki
18:1 ...
Here
were consumed the "fifties" of the royal guard; and here also Elisha
received the visit of the
bereaved
mother whose son was restored by him to life
#2Ki
4:25-37
Above
is a unique view of Mt. Carmel
looking up to Mount Carmel from the Plain of Jezreel.
