Two Carmel's in the OT

[tonychanyt]

1Sa 25:

2 There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel. 3 Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail.

Abigail lived in the city of Carmel.

Strong's Hebrew: 3760. כַּרְמֶל (Karmel) — 24 Occurrences

BDB:

1. mountain-promontory on Mediterranean
2. city, 3 h. south of Hebron

On the other hand, Elijah spoke to King Ahab in 1K 18:

19 Send and gather all Israel to me at Mount Carmel, and the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”

Elijah defeated the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel.

H3760 was the name of a city and also of a mountain.




X marks the city of Carmel

Mt. Carmel is about 100 miles north of the city of Carmel.

 

[Offline4Better.]

1Sa 25:


Abigail lived in the city of Carmel.

Strong's Hebrew: 3760. כַּרְמֶל (Karmel) — 24 Occurrences

BDB:

1. mountain-promontory on Mediterranean
2. city, 3 h. south of Hebron

On the other hand, Elijah spoke to King Ahab in 1K 18:


Elijah defeated the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel.

H3760 was the name of a city and also of a mountain.

Ahh, nothing tastes better than caramel on top of vanilla ice cream... Who knows, the Hebrew could have mistranslated Mt. Carmel, and instead meant a heaping mountain of ice cream with caramel on top.

In all seriousness, this is interesting stuff. How far apart was the city and the mountain?

 

[tonychanyt]

How far apart was the city and the mountain?

I added a map to the OP

 

[Offline4Better.]

I added a map to the OP

Thank you. Based upon the scale, the distance between the two sites is around 100 miles (160 km).