Sacred Atlas

Bible Place Guide

Mount Carmel in the Bible

Elijah confronts Baal worship and calls Israel back to the Lord. See Scripture references, modern location, confidence level, and source attribution from Sacred Atlas.

Modern locationHaifa / northern coastal range, Israel
ConfidenceHigh
Scripture refs19

High confidence

Modern identification

Mount Carmel range - Haifa / northern coastal range, Israel

Coordinates32.6725, 35.0233
Kindmountain
Claims7
Sources3

Scripture anchors

1 Kings 18Josh 12:22Josh 19:261 Kgs 18:191 Kgs 18:201 Kgs 18:422 Kgs 2:252 Kgs 4:252 Kgs 19:23Sng 7:5Isa 33:9Isa 35:2Isa 37:24Jer 46:18Jer 50:19Amos 1:2Amos 9:3Mic 7:14Nahum 1:4

Why this place is in the atlas

Elijah confronts Baal worship and calls Israel back to the Lord.

Claim ledger

names[0].value Mount Carmel Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
summary.en Elijah confronts Baal worship and calls Israel back to the Lord. Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
foreignKeys[0] ancientId: a3e21c6, urlSlug: mount-carmel, friendlyId: Mount Carmel OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - High
identifications[0].coordinates latitude: 32.6725, longitude: 35.023333, precision: approximate OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - High
identifications[0].modernRegion Haifa / northern coastal range Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
scriptureReferences 1 Kings 18, Josh 12:22, Josh 19:26, 1 Kgs 18:19 King James Version 1769 - Public-Domain - High
temporalScopes 9th century BC: Elijah and Ahab period Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - Medium