carmel

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carmel - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Carmel
  a park; generally with the article, "the park." (1.) A prominent
  headland of Central Palestine, consisting of several connected
  hills extending from the plain of Esdraelon to the sea, a
  distance of some 12 miles or more. At the east end, in its
  highest part, it is 1,728 feet high, and at the west end it
  forms a promontory to the bay of Acre about 600 feet above the
  sea. It lay within the tribe of Asher. It was here, at the east
  end of the ridge, at a place called el-Mukhrakah (i.e., the
  place of burning), that Elijah brought back the people to their
  allegiance to God, and slew the prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18).
  Here were consumed the "fifties" of the royal guard; and here
  also Elisha received the visit of the bereaved mother whose son
  was restored by him to life (2 Kings 4:25-37). "No mountain in
  or around Palestine retains its ancient beauty so much as
  Carmel. Two or three villages and some scattered cottages are
  found on it; its groves are few but luxuriant; it is no place
  for crags and precipices or rocks of wild goats; but its surface
  is covered with a rich and constant verdure." "The whole
  mountain-side is dressed with blossom, and flowering shrubs, and
  fragrant herbs." The western extremity of the ridge is, however,
  more rocky and bleak than the eastern. The head of the bride in
  Cant. 7:5 is compared to Carmel. It is ranked with Bashan on
  account of its rich pastures (Isa. 33:9; Jer. 50:19; Amos 1:2).
  The whole ridge is deeply furrowed with rocky ravines filled
  with dense jungle. There are many caves in its sides, which at
  one time were inhabited by swarms of monks. These caves are
  referred to in Amos 9:3. To them Elijah and Elisha often
  resorted (1 Kings 18:19, 42; 2 Kings 2:25). On its north-west
  summit there is an ancient establishment of Carmelite monks.
  Vineyards have recently been planted on the mount by the German
  colonists of Haifa. The modern Arabic name of the mount is
  Kurmul, but more commonly Jebel Mar Elyas, i.e., Mount St.
  Elias, from the Convent of Elias.
  
    (2.) A town in the hill country of Judah (Josh. 15:55), the
  residence of Nabal (1 Sam. 25:2, 5, 7, 40), and the native place
  of Abigail, who became David's wife (1 Sam. 27:3). Here king
  Uzziah had his vineyards (2 Chr. 26:10). The ruins of this town
  still remain under the name of Kurmul, about 10 miles
  south-south-east of Hebron, close to those of Maon.

carmel - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Carmel, CA
    Zip code(s): 93923
  Carmel, IN (city, FIPS 10342)
    Location: 39.96932 N, 86.10951 W
    Population (1990): 25380 (9645 housing units)
    Area: 32.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 46032
  Carmel, ME
    Zip code(s): 04419
  Carmel, NY
    Zip code(s): 10512