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Elijah

Type Figure Region Levant Time c. -900–-849 Also known as Elijah

Elijah was a Hebrew prophet active in the northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BCE, traditionally dated around 900–849 BCE.

Timeline

  1. c. -870–-860Gilead · GileadElijah came from Tishbe in Gilead and, during the reign of Ahab, proclaimed a drought and denounced the Israelite royal house for abandoning the exclusive worship of Yahweh.
  2. c. -860–-855Mount Carmel · IsraelPublicly competed with the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel and prevailed, then executed the prophets of Baal, and fled to Beersheba and the wilderness of Sinai because of Jezebel's threats.
  3. c. -855–-849East of the Jordan · JordanAnointed Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha, and denounced the injustice of the house of Ahab; tradition records that as he was taken up to heaven by a whirlwind by the Jordan, he passed his mission to the prophet Elisha.

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