And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Cison, at the foot of Carmel. (Adrichomius) Achab durst not protect his prophets, being confounded by the evidence of the miracle, (Menochius) and the unanimity of the people's cry. (Haydock) Killed them, by God's inspiration, (Calmet) as impostors, who had deluded the people, and were worthy of death.

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