<p class="bodytext">Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,

<t /><p class="bodytext">There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. This man was very wealthy;<n id="1" /> he owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. At that time he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

<p class="poetry">the king of Kedesh (one),p> <p class="poetry">the king of Jokneam near Carmel (one),p>

Alammelech, Amad, and Mishal. Their border touched Carmel to the west and Shihor Libnath.

From there he traveled to Mount Carmel and then back to Samaria.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Ahab sent messengers to all the Israelites and had the prophets assemble at Mount Carmel.

<p class="poetry">Your head crowns<n id="1" /> you like Mount Carmel.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">The locks of your hair<n id="3" /> are like royal tapestries<n id="4" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the king is held captive<n id="5" /> in its tresses!p>

<p class="poetry">The land<n id="1" /> dries up<n id="2" /> and withers away;p> <p class="poetry">the forest of Lebanon shrivels up<n id="3" /> and decays.p> <p class="poetry">Sharon<n id="4" /> is like the desert;<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">Bashan and Carmel<n id="6" /> are parched.<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">He shouts a battle cry<n id="1" /> against the sea<n id="2" /> and makes it dry up;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he makes all the rivers<n id="4" /> run dry.p> <p class="poetry">Bashan and Carmel wither;<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">the blossom of Lebanon withers.p>

he<n id="1" /> sent ten servants,<n id="2" /> saying to them,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Go up to Carmel to see Nabal and give him greetings in my name.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">So the servants of David went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her, &#8220;David has sent us to you to bring you back to be his wife.&#8221;

So Ahab went on up to eat and drink, while Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel. He bent down toward the ground and put his face between his knees.

<p class="poetry">I the King, whose name is the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all,<n id="1" /> swear this:p> <p class="poetry">I swear as surely as I live that<n id="2" /> a conqueror is coming.p> <p class="poetry">He will be as imposing as Mount Tabor is among the mountains,p> <p class="poetry">as Mount Carmel is against the backdrop of the sea.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But I will restore the flock of Israel to their own pasture.p> <p class="poetry">They will graze on Mount Carmel and the land of Bashan.p> <p class="poetry">They will eat until they are full<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">on the hills of Ephraim and the land of Gilead.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Amos<n id="1" /> said:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> comes roaring<n id="2" /> out of Zion;p> <p class="poetry">from Jerusalem<n id="3" /> he comes bellowing!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">The shepherds&#8217; pastures wilt;<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">the summit of Carmel<n id="6" /> withers.&#8221;<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even if they were to hide on the top of Mount Carmel,p> <p class="poetry">I would hunt them down and take them from there.p> <p class="poetry">Even if they tried to hide from me<n id="1" /> at the bottom of the sea,p> <p class="poetry">from there<n id="2" /> I would command the Sea Serpent<n id="3" /> to bite them.p>

<p class="poetry">Shepherd your people with your shepherd&#8217;s rod,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the flock that belongs to you,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the one that lives alone in a thicket,p> <p class="poetry">in the midst of a pastureland.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Allow them to graze in Bashan and Gilead,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">as they did in the old days.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Samuel got up early to meet Saul the next morning. But Samuel was informed, &#8220;Saul has gone to Carmel where<n id="1" /> he is setting up a monument for himself. Then Samuel left<n id="2" /> and went down to Gilgal.&#8221;<n id="3" />

Now I hear that they are shearing sheep for you. When your shepherds were with us, we neither insulted them nor harmed them the whole time they were in Carmel.

Now send out messengers<n id="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.<n id="2" />p>