Mount Carmel
Elijah's biblical summit
Mount Carmel is a coastal mountain ridge in northern Israel, significant in Jewish and Christian tradition as the site where the prophet Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal.
The name appears in various religious and place names worldwide.
In American history, Mount Carmel, Texas, was the site of the 1993 standoff between federal agents and the Branch Davidian religious sect.
Old Testament prophet
- prophetsProclaimers of sacred truth
- BaalAncient Canaanite deity
- fireCombustion with flames
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
altar · drought · rain · Ahab · famine · contest · miracle · prayer
Israeli coastal metropolis
- IsraelMiddle Eastern nation
- MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia
- ridgeNarrow raised strip
- cavesNatural underground chambers
coastal · limestone · promontory · headland · valley · Galilee · Druze · archaeology
Elijah
Old Testament prophet
sacrifice · altar · drought · rain · Ahab · famine · contest · miracle · prayer · Israelites
Haifa
Israeli coastal metropolis
- IsraelMiddle Eastern nation
- MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia
- ridgeNarrow raised strip
caves · coastal · limestone · promontory · headland · valley · Galilee · Druze · archaeology · prehistoric
Carmelites
Catholic mendicant order
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- shrineSacred devotional place
hermits · contemplation · devotion · holiness · sanctuary · Bahá'í · terraces · sacred · prophet · grotto
panorama
Unobstructed wide-angle view
coastline · terraces · gardens · hillside · greenery · landscape · picturesque · vantage point · horizon · forest
- Israeli SitesMasada, Acre, Apollonia, Western Wall, Sea of Galilee
- Biblical GeographyHoly Land, Israel, Judea, Galilee, Canaan
- Holy LandJerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Israel, Palestine
- Holy Land travelpilgrims, travelers, Holy Land, Jerusalem, Bethlehem
- Israel natureDead Sea, Negev, Jordan River, Sea of Galilee, Mediterranean coast
- Israeli PlacesTel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Beersheba, Nazareth
Mount CarmelDead Sea
Landlocked hypersaline lake
Sea of Galilee · Mediterranean Sea · Rift Valley · lowlands · valley
mount, mountain, mounting, mountains, mounted, mountainous, mountaintop, dismount, mountainside