וַיֹּאמֶר֩ אֵלִיָּ֨הוּ לָהֶ֜ם תִּפְשׂ֣וּ ׀ אֶת־נְבִיאֵ֣י הַבַּ֗עַל אִ֛ישׁ אַל־יִמָּלֵ֥ט מֵהֶ֖ם וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂ֑וּם וַיּוֹרִדֵ֤ם אֵלִיָּ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־נַ֣חַל קִישׁ֔וֹן וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֖ם שָֽׁם׃
And Elijah said unto them: ‘Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.’ And they took them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
From David to Destruction
Eliyahu HaNavi scores a great victory for Hashem at Har HaCarmel (Melachim I 18). He capitalizes on this great victory by encouraging and leading the nation (see Melachim I 18:40 with Radak) to execute the four hundred Ba’al missionaries who are imported by Izevel to attract the Bnei Yisrael to Ba’al worship. TABC students, though, wondered why Eliyahu HaNavi does not also kill the prime instigators of Avodah Zarah in Malchut Yisrael, Achav and Izevel.