Ngalokho thumela ubuth e kimi u -Israyeli wonke entabeni yaseKarmeli , nabaprofethi bakaBali abangamakhulu amane namashumi ayisihlanu , nabaprofethi baka -Ashera abangamakhulu amane abadla etafuleni lika - Izebeli. U-Eliya nabaprofethi bakaBali eKarmeli

Wayesethi u-Eliya kubantu: Yimi ngedwa oseleyo engumprofethi kaJehova, kepha abaprofethi bakaBali bangabantu abangamakhulu amane namashumi ayisihlanu.

U-Eliya wayesethi kubaprofethi bakaBali : Zikhetheleni inkunzi, niyilungise kuqala, ngokuba nibaningi, nibize igama likankulunkulu wenu , ningafaki umlilo nokho.

Ngalokho ngibizele bonke abaprofethi bakaBali, zonke izinceku zakhe, nabo bonke abapristi bakhe, kungasali muntu, ngokuba nginomhlatshelo omkhulu kuBali; bonke abafunyaniswa bengekho abayikuphila . Kepha uJehu wakwenza ngobuqili ukuba abhubhise izinceku zikaBali.