1 Kings 18:19

Hebrew Bible
18 Elijah replied, “I have not brought disaster on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord’s commandments and following the Baals. 19 Now send out messengers and assemble all Israel before me at Mount Carmel, as well as the 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of Asherah whom Jezebel supports.” 20 Ahab sent messengers to all the Israelites and had the prophets assemble at Mount Carmel.
Date: 6th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates) Source

LXX 1 Kings 18:19

Septuagint
18 Elijah said, “I do not trouble Israel but rather you and the house of your father, in that you abandoned the Lord your God and went after the Baals. 19 Now send and gather to me all Israel on Mount Carmel as well as the four hundred and fifty prophets of shame and the four hundred prophets of the groves who eat at the table of Jezebel.” 20 So Ahab sent to all Israel, and he gathered all the prophets on Mount Carmel.
Date: 1st Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates) Source

Notes and References

"... those who will be banned from the New Jerusalem include obviously the second beast who is thrown in the lake of fire (Revelation 19:20; 20:10), but also “the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood” (οἱ κύνες καὶ οἱ φάρμακοι καὶ οἱ πόρνοι καὶ οἱ φονεῖς καὶ οἱ εἰδωλολάτραι καὶ πᾶς φιλῶν καὶ ποιῶν ψεῦδος, Revelation 22:15). Every item in this list can be associated with queen Jezebel. She was devoured by dogs, she was said to have promoted sorcery and sexual immorality, she had prophets of yhwh slaughtered and Naboth murdered, she sponsored idolatry, i.e., worship of Baal, (Compare especially 1Kgs 18:19 which speaks of prophets of Baal (LXX: prophets of shame, προφήτας τῆς αἰσχύνης) and of Asherah (LXX: prophets of the grove, προφήτας τῶν ἀλσῶν) who eat at Jezebel’s table: ἐσθίοντας τράπεζαν Ἰεζάβελ.) and she orchestrated the murder of Naboth with false witnesses ..."

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