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Who was Elijah the prophet?

One of the foremost prophets of Israel. Evidently his home was in Tishbeh, thought by some to be a village in the land of Gilead, E of the Jordan River. (1Ki 17:1) He star…ted his long career as prophet in Israel during the reign of King Ahab, who began to rule about 940 B.C.E., and continued during the reign of Ahab's son Ahaziah (began c. 919 B.C.E.). (1Ki 22:51) The last time he is mentioned as serving as a prophet (this time for Judah) is toward the end of the eight-year reign of King Jehoram of Judah, whose rule started in 913 B.C.E.-2Ch 21:12-15; 2Ki 8:16. Through Elijah, God provided a pillar of strength for true worship in a time when Israel's spiritual and moral condition had fallen to an alarmingly low state. King Ahab the son of Omri had continued the calf worship established by Jeroboam, but worse, he had married Jezebel the daughter of the Sidonian king Ethbaal. Under her influence, Ahab added greatly to his sins beyond all Israel's previous kings by introducing Baal-worship on a grand scale. Baal-priests and false prophets multiplied, and corruption reached an extreme state. Jezebel's hatred of God caused persecution and slaughter of the true prophets; they were driven into hiding in caves.-1Ki 16:30-33; 18:13. Additional Comments: He was one of the most important prophets in the old testament and performed many miracles, including resurrecting a child at 1 Kings 17:17-24. He started being a prophet around 940 B.C.E. and continued through the reign of King Jehoram of Judah, whose ruled began in 913 B.C.E. On a whole, the nation of Israel's faithfulness to their God had fallen to a very low level during his lifetime. Elijah was used to pronounce King Ahab and his wife, Jezebel, as working against God by allowing and participating in calf worship and Baal-worship on a very large scale throughout the land. Elijah had a "show-down" of sorts with the prophets of Baal in 1 Kings chapter 18, and it ended with God consuming 450 of Baal' s prophets in a ball of fire that came down from heaven. Because of this, King Ahab and Jezebel wanted Elijah dead. Elijah then fled and became somewhat down-hearted because he thought he was the only true servant of God in all of Israel. It was during this time that God communicated with him and revealed several other individuals that were also faithful to God, including the person that God wanted Elijah to train as his successor, who was Elisha. (MORE)

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Were Elijah and Elisha related?

A: In spite of the similarities in their names, there is nothing in the Bible to suggest that Elijah and Elisha were related. 'Elijah' is a simple compound of two Hebrew words… that are names of God, 'El-YHWH' (El and Yahweh or Jehovah), or perhaps two gods known to have been worshipped in ancient Israel. Archaeologists and biblical scholars say that El, the Semitic father of the gods and Yahweh were once quite separate gods, but over time became syncretised as one God, the national God of Israel. 'Elisha' is a compound of two Hebrew words that mean "El saves" (or God saves). Both Elijah and Elisha were capable of performing miracles and both had solar aspects, and there is evidence that they might have been worshipped as incarnations of a sun god, long before being transformed in Hebrew tradition into mortal heroes. In Elijah's one great biblical miracle (1Kings 18:19), he challenged the king to let the opposing priests compete with him to call upon their gods to start a fire under a bullock carcass, something he demonstrated he could do with ease. Elijah called down fire from heaven onto his opponents in 2 Kings chapter 1. Rather than die, Elijah was taken up into heaven by in a whirlwind, accompanied by a fiery chariot (2 Kings 2:11) - travel through the heavens in a fiery chariot was the preferred means of transport for the ancient sun gods. Elijah simply granted his supernatural powers to his companion and protege, Elisha, who soon demonstrated that he had these powers by becoming the third person, after Joshua and Elijah, to divide the waters of the Jordan. So much of the stories about Elijah and Elisha can be regarded as mythical that the names and solar aspects really could indicate the earliest origins of the two prophets was as the sun god, who in turn was El-YHWH, the national God of Israel. This is a hypothesis that would explain the surprising similarities in the stories about Elijah and Elisha, making them related as incarnations of the same God in earliest tradition. Answer: No, they were not. Elisha was a faithful disciple of the Prophet Elijah and became one of his successors - main one as he received a 'double-portion' of blessing from him - God's Holy Spirit empowering him to do acts. Elisha took the mantle of Elijah and continued with it as God directed Him to do. The story may be read in 2 Kings and is highly recommended so the reader may properly discern the facts as presented. (MORE)

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What did the prophet Elijah do?

The Acts of Elijah are recounted in the latter part of 1 Kings. The most famous story that concerns Elijah is when challenged the Prophets of Ba'al on Mount Carmel to prove th… (MORE)

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What were the rumers about Elijah Muhammad?

Elijah Muhammad had numerous affairs, and several of them resulted with children. Although this doesn't seem to be that bad, Muhammad was preaching at the time that you should… (MORE)

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Who was the wife of Elijah?

Elijah's wife?? there was no wife of Elijah. he was a prophet and therefore dedicated his heart to God. Unless you mean Elisha, well, that's a completely different subject. (n… (MORE)

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Where was the prophet Elijah born?

Elijah was from Tishbeh in Gilead but there is no mention in scripture either of his birth or parentage. Although Elijah was among the greatest of the prophets, it is entirely… (MORE)

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What are great accomplishments of Elijah McCoy?

Elijah McCoy is a famous African American inventor. His first major invention was a lubrication for oiling the engines of locomotives and steamboats which he patented in July … (MORE)

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Who was Elijah muhammad?

He was Malcom X's mentor and was the head of the Nation of Islam. __________________________________________________ In addition to the correct information above, it is to … (MORE)

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Who was prophet Elijah?

Answer A man called Elias apparently lived in the days of Abraham, who committed the keys of the dispensation of the gospel to Abraham. There are no specific det… (MORE)

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How did Elijah pray?

The same way all men should... from the heart. Sometimes in praise and joy... and sometimes in desperation: "...he went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat d… (MORE)