Carmel


Your head crowns you like Carmel, and your flowing locks are like purple; a king is held captive in the tresses. - Song of Solomon 7:5

History

After Saul disobeyed God's command to destroy Amalek, he set up a monument for himself in Carmel. (1 Samuel 15:12)

David went to the wilderness of Paran, where his men protected the nearby shearers of Nabal, a rich man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. Nabal angered him, but Abigail subdued him. When Nabal died, he sent for Abigail as a wife. (1 Samuel 25)

Hezro of Carmel is one of the thirty of David's mighty men. (2 Samuel 23:35)

Jeremiah prophesied through the destruction of Babylon, the lost sheep of Israel would be restored to his pasture to feed on Carmel, Bashan, Ephraim, and Gilead. (Jeremiah 50:17-20)

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