The prophets—that is, in all probability, the prophets attached to the worship of the calves, not the true prophets of Yahweh. This seems ev…

Prophets ... four hundred. —These were clearly not avowed prophets of Baal, or the Asherah (“groves”), as is obvious from the cont…

Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about
four hundred men
False …

The same easygoing nature, which leads some godly persons into friendship with the declared enemies of religion, makes it very dangerous for them. …