¹⁷ When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you destroyer of Israel?”^(A)

¹⁸ He replied, “I have not destroyed Israel, but you and your father’s house have, because you have abandoned the Lord’s commands^(B) and followed the Baals.^{(C) 19} Now summon all Israel to meet me at Mount Carmel,^(D) along with the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah^(E) who eat at Jezebel’s table.”