Elijah

Elijah H452
1. The Tishbite, a Gileadite and prophet, called Elias
- History of:
b Persecuted by Ahab
1Ki 17:7; 1Ki 18:10
b Escapes to the wilderness, where he is miraculously fed by ravens
1Ki 17:7
b by divine direction goes to Zarephath, where he is sustained in the household of a widow, whose meal and oil are miraculously increased
1Ki 17:16
b Returns, and sends a message to Ahab
1Ki 18:16
b Meets Ahab and directs him to assemble the prophets of Baal
1Ki 18:20
b Derisively challenges the priests of Baal to offer sacrifices
1Ki 18:29
b Slays the prophets of Baal
1Ki 18:40
b Escapes to the wilderness from the fierceness of Jezebel
1Ki 19:18
b Fasts forty days
1Ki 19:8
b Despondency and murmuring of
1Ki 19:10; 1Ki 19:14
b Consolation given to
1Ki 9:18
b Flees to the wilderness of Damascus; directed to anoint Hazael king over Syria, Jehu king over Israel, and Elisha to be a prophet in his own stead
1Ki 19:21
b Personal aspect of
2Ki 1:8
b Piety of
1Ki 19:10; 1Ki 19:14; Luk 1:17; Rom 11:2; Jas 5:17
b His translation
2Ki 2:11
b Appears to Jesus at His transfiguration
Mat 17:4; Mar 9:4; Luk 9:30
b Anti-type of John the Baptist
Mat 11:14; Mat 16:14; Mat 17:12; Mar 9:13; Luk 1:17; Joh 1:25
- Miracles of:
b Increases the oil of the widow of Zarephath
1Ki 17:16
b Raises from the dead the son of the woman of Zarephath
1Ki 17:24
b Causes rain after seven years' drought
1Ki 18:45; Jas 5:18
b Causes fire to consume the sacrifice
1Ki 18:24; 1Ki 18:38
b Calls fire down upon the soldiers of Ahaziah
2Ki 1:12; Luk 9:54
- Prophecies of:
b Foretells a drought
1Ki 17:3
b Foretells the destruction of Ahab and his house
1Ki 21:29; 2Ki 9:37
b Foretells the death of Ahaziah
2Ki 1:17
b Foretells the plague sent as a judgment upon the people in the time of Jehoram, king of Israel
2Ch 21:15
2. Called Eliah, a Benjamite chief
1Ch 8:27
3. A post-exile Jew
Ezr 10:21