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 (Joshua 15:55), the residence of
Nabal (1 Samuel 25:2, 5, 7, 40), and the native place of Abigail, who
became David’s wife (1 Samuel 27:3). Here king Uzziah had his vineyards
(2 Chronicles 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.
- CARMI vine-dresser. (1.) The last named of the four sons of Reuben
(Genesis 46:9).
(2.) A descendant of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:1). He is elsewhere (2:18)
called Caleb (q.v.).
(3.) The son of Zimri, and the father of Achan (Joshua 7:1), “the troubler
of Israel.”
- CARNAL Unconverted men are so called (1 Corinthians 3:3). They are
represented as of a “carnal mind, which is enmity against God” (Romans
8:6, 7). Enjoyments that minister to the wants and desires of man’s animal
nature are so called (Romans 15:27; 1 Corinthians 9:11). The ceremonial of
the Mosaic law is spoken of as “carnal,” because it related to things
outward, the bodies of men and of animals, and the purification of the flesh
(Hebrews 7:16; 9:10). The weapons of Christian warfare are “not carnal”,
that is, they are not of man’s device, nor are wielded by human power (2
Corinthians 10:4). - CARPENTER an artificer in stone, iron, and copper, as well as in wood (2
Samuel 5:11; 1 Chronicles 14:1; Mark 6:3). The tools used by carpenters
are mentioned in 1 Samuel 13:19, 20; Judges 4:21; Isaiah 10:15; 44:13. It
was said of our Lord, “Is not this the carpenter’s son?” (Matthew 13:55);
also, “Is not this the carpenter?” (Mark 6:3). Every Jew, even the rabbis,
learned some handicraft: Paul was a tentmaker. “In the cities the carpenters
would be Greeks, and skilled workmen; the carpenter of a provincial village