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Mt. Carmel
1 KingsChapters 17 - 22
Ahab & Elijah
Tirzah
Shechem
Samaria
Jerusalem
After ruling from Tirzah for 6 years, Omri purchased the
“hill of Shmer” and made it his capital Samaria. (16:21-24)
E
The hill of Samaria, site of Ahab’s capital
Excavations at Ahab’s Palace
““IVORY HOUSE”IVORY HOUSE”in Samaria
1 Kings 22:39
Site of Ahab & Jezebel’s palace at Samaria
Mt. Carm
el
Mt.Gilboa
Plain of Megiddo (Jezreel)
Plain of Sharon
Lower Jordan ValleySea ofGalilee
Wad
i Far
ia
Arauna Pass
ELower Jordan Valley
Shechem
Megiddo
Beth-shan
Ahab’s neighborhood -- surrounding political and economic pressures
Jezreel
Samaria
From Aram
From Ammon
From Egypt
From Phoenicia
Jezreel
Sent by God in a period of gross idolatry in the Northern Kingdom, Elijah warned Ahab of coming drought, was fed by ravens at the Brook Cherith in Gilead and by a widow at Zerephath. Three years later he returned to Samaria to
challenge Jezebel’s prophets of Baal. (17-18)
Samaria
ARAMPHO
ENICIA
ISRAEL
JUDAH
MOAB
PHILISTIA
Jerusalem
Ramoth-gilead
Mt. Carmel
Hazor Abel-meholah
Jabesh-gilead
Tishbe (home of Elijah)
Zerephath
Brook Cherith
E
Dead (salt) Sea
Sea ofGalilee
Jezreel
Elijah challenges the prophets of Baal at Mt. Carmel, a center of Baal worship. (18:19-40)
Samaria
ARAM
PHOENICIA
ISRAELJUDAH
MOAB
PHILISTIA
Jerusalem
Sidon
Ramoth-gilead
Mt. Carm
el
Hazor Abel-meholah
Jabesh-gilead
Tishbe (home of Elijah)
Dead (Salt) Sea
Sea ofGalilee
E
Jezreel
Elijah confronts Baal on Mt. Carmel, between Sidon, home of Jezebel, and Samaria. (18)
Samaria
ARAM
PHOENICIA
ISRAELJUDAH
MOAB
PHILISTIA
Jerusalem
Sidon
Ramoth-gilead
Mt. Carmel
Hazor Abel-meholah
Jabesh-gilead
Tishbe (home of Elijah)
E
Dead (Salt) Sea
Sea of Galilee
Muhraqa “Place of Burning” …traditional site of Elijah vs Baal on Mt. Carmel (overlooking the Jezreel Valley)
Worship of Baal
In reality, worship of Satan
Jezreel
Mt. Carm
el
Kishon s
tream
Mt. Gilboa
Plain of Jezreel
GodGod sends fire to consume Elijah's sacrifice.
The people chant, “The LORD, He is God!”“The LORD, He is God!”)
Samaria
ESea of Galilee
Mt. Carmel
W
Probable location of Elijah’s confrontation with Baal
Probable site of Elijah’s challenge to the prophets of Baal
Open area on a lower slope of Mt. Carmel
Plain of Jezreel E
The Kishon Stream
The END
of ElijahPrecept Lesson 2
Plain of Jezreel viewed from Mt. Carmel
Kishon Stream
W
Jezreel
Mt. Carm
el
KISHON s
tream
KISHON s
tream
Mt. Gilboa
Plain of Jezreel
Through heavy rain, Elijah runs across the Plain of Jezreel to Jezreel. (18:44-46)
Samaria
ESea ofGalilee
“Elijah’s Spring” at (TRADITIONAL) Mt. Sinai in Egypt
Mt. Sinai (Horeb) in Saudi Arabia
Jezreel
Elijah returns from Sinai and anoints Elisha as his successor in his field at Meholah. (19:19-21)
Samaria
ARAM
PHOENICIA
ISRAEL
JUDAH
MOAB
PHILISTIA
Jerusalem
Sidon
Ramoth-gilead
Mt. Carm
el
HazorAbel-meholah
(home of Elisha)
Jabesh-gilead
Tishbe (home of Elijah)
E
Dead (Salt) Sea
Sea ofGalilee
Jezreel
E
Centers of economic and political Power in the 9th cent B.C. Aram sought the access to Phoenician markets enjoyed by Israel.
Samaria
ARAM
PHOENICIA
ISRAEL JUDAH
MOAB
PHILISTIA
Dead (Salt) Sea
Sea ofGalilee
JezreelSamaria
ARAM
PHOENICIA
ISRAEL
JUDAH
MOAB
PHILISTIA
JerusalemSidon
Ramoth-gilead
Mt. Carm
el
Lo-debar
Abel-beth-maachah
Hazor
E
Dead (Salt) Sea
Sea ofGalilee
Aram’s Great Multitude attacks Samaria
AND their “God of the MOUNTAINS”
GREAT SlaughterGREAT VICTORY
Ramoth-gilead
Jezreel ISRAEL
ARAM
Lower Aphek
Upper Aphek
Beth-shan
“The Plain”
Mt. Gilboa
A loss in the “battle of the plain” in Ahab’s second war with the Arameans would have given Ben-hadad free access to the
Plain of Jezreel and Phoenician markets. (20:23-30)
Plain ofJezreel
E
Sea of Galilee
Aram attacks
“The GOD of the PLAINS”
The “plain” where Ben-hadad (Aram) challenged Ahab
Yarmuk Valley Jordan Valley
Sea of Galilee (Southern End)
Trans-Jordan Mountains
Ramoth-gilead
E
Ramoth-gilead
JezreelISRAEL
Lower Aphek
Upper Aphek
Beth-shan
Mt. Gilboa
Ben Hadad flees to Aphek. (20: 29,30)
Jordan Valley
Sea of
Galilee
You shall know that “I am the LORD”
Israel kills 100,000 Arameans
“The Plain”
SOOOO, Aram attacks
“The GOD of the PLAINS”
Lower Aphek
W
Sea of Galilee
Lower Aphek
You shall know that “I am the LORD”
Israel kills 100,000 Arameans
Walls of APHEK fell on 27,000 Arameans
E
JezreelISRAEL
ARAM
Lower Aphek
Upper Aphek
Sea of Galilee
E
Jordan Valley
Vineyard?
Naboth’s Vineyard?
Mt. Gilboa
Harod Valley
Site of Jezreel
E
The END
of ElijahPrecept Lesson 3
Mt. Gilboa
Harod Valley
TROUBLE- Ramoth-gilead
Site of Jezreel
E
Ramoth-gilead
JezreelISRAEL
ARAM
Ahab AND Jehoshaphat attack Ben-hadad. (22:1-4)
Lower Aphek
Upper Aphek
AHAB: “Do you know that Ramoth-gilead belongsto us, and we are doing nothing to take it out ofthe hand of the king of Aram?” (22:3)
Sea of Galilee
E
Jordan Valley
3 years passed, NO war
Ramoth-gilead
JezreelISRAEL
ARAM
Killed in battle with Aram, Ahab is returned to Samaria for burial. (22:34-38)
Lower Aphek
Upper Aphek
Samaria
Jordan Valley
Sea of Galilee
E
Word of LORD FULFILLED!
Word of LORD FULFILLED!
The END
of ElijahPrecept Lesson 4
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