Elijah H452
1. The Tishbite, a Gileadite and prophet, called Elias
- History of:
b Persecuted by Ahab
1 Kings 17:7; 1 Kings 18:10
b Escapes to the wilderness, where he is miraculously fed by ravens
1 Kings 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
1 Kings 17:16
b Returns, and sends a message to Ahab
1 Kings 18:16
b Meets Ahab and directs him to assemble the prophets of Baal
1 Kings 18:20
b Derisively challenges the priests of Baal to offer sacrifices
1 Kings 18:29
b Slays the prophets of Baal
1 Kings 18:40
b Escapes to the wilderness from the fierceness of Jezebel
1 Kings 19:18
b Fasts forty days
1 Kings 19:8
b Despondency and murmuring of
1 Kings 19:10; 1 Kings 19:14
b Consolation given to
1 Kings 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
1 Kings 19:21
b Personal aspect of
2 Kings 1:8
b Piety of
1 Kings 19:10; 1 Kings 19:14; Luke 1:17; Romans 11:2; James 5:17
b His translation
2 Kings 2:11
b Appears to Jesus at His transfiguration
Matthew 17:4; Mark 9:4; Luke 9:30
b Anti-type of John the Baptist
Matthew 11:14; Matthew 16:14; Matthew 17:12; Mark 9:13; Luke 1:17; John 1:25
- Miracles of:
b Increases the oil of the widow of Zarephath
1 Kings 17:16
b Raises from the dead the son of the woman of Zarephath
1 Kings 17:24
b Causes rain after seven years' drought
1 Kings 18:45; James 5:18
b Causes fire to consume the sacrifice
1 Kings 18:24; 1 Kings 18:38
b Calls fire down upon the soldiers of Ahaziah
2 Kings 1:12; Luke 9:54
- Prophecies of:
b Foretells a drought
1 Kings 17:3
b Foretells the destruction of Ahab and his house
1 Kings 21:29; 2 Kings 9:37
b Foretells the death of Ahaziah
2 Kings 1:17
b Foretells the plague sent as a judgment upon the people in the time of Jehoram, king of Israel
2 Chronicles 21:15
2. Called Eliah, a Benjamite chief
1 Chronicles 8:27
3. A post-exile Jew
Ezra 10:21