20 So Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.
20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
20 So Ahab sent to all the people of Israel and gathered the prophets together at Mount Carmel.
20 So Ahab summoned everyone in Israel, particularly the prophets, to Mount Carmel.
20 So Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together on Mount Carmel.
20 So Ahab summoned all the people of Israel and the prophets to Mount Carmel.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 18:20
Commentary on 1 Kings 18:17-20
(Read 1 Kings 18:17-20)
One may guess how people stand affected to God, by observing how they stand affected to his people and ministers. It has been the lot of the best and most useful men, like Elijah, to be called and counted the troublers of the land. But those who cause God's judgments do the mischief, not he that foretells them, and warns the nation to repent.