Nave’s Topical Bible
Elijah
42 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- The Tishbite, a Gileadite and prophet, called ELIAS in the King James Version of the N. T.
- Persecuted by Ahab
- Escapes to the wilderness, where he is miraculously fed by ravens
- By divine direction goes to Zarephath, where he is sustained in the household of a widow, whose meal and oil are miraculousiy increased
- Returns, and sends a message to Ahab
- Meets Ahab and directs him to assemble the prophets of Baal
- Derisively challenges the priests of Baal to offer Sacrifices
- Kills the prophets of Baal
- Escapes to the wilderness from the fierceness of Jezebel
- Fasts for forty days
- Despondency and complaints of
- Consolation given to
- 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 place
- Personal aspect of
- Piety of
- His translation
- Appears to Jesus at his transfiguration
- Antitype of John the Baptist
Matthew 11:14; Matthew 16:14; Matthew 17:10-12; Mark 9:12-13; Luke 1:17; John 1:21-25
- MIRACLES OF
- Increases the oil of the widow of Zarephath
- Raises the son of the woman of Zarephath from the dead
- Causes rain after seven years of drought
- Causes fire to consume the sacrifice
- Calls fire down upon the soldiers of Ahaziah
- PROPHECIES OF
- Foretells a drought
- The destruction of Ahab and his house
- The death of Ahaziah
- The plague sent as a judgment upon the people in the time of Jehoram, king of Israel
- Also called ELIAH
- A Benjamite chief
- A post-exile Jew
Bible verses about “Elijah”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- 1 Kings 17:2And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,
- 1 Kings 17:3Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
- 1 Kings 17:4And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
- 1 Kings 17:5So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
- 1 Kings 17:6And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
- 1 Kings 17:7And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
- 1 Kings 18:7And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?
- 1 Kings 18:8And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
- 1 Kings 18:9And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
- 1 Kings 18:10As the Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
- 1 Kings 17:1And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
- 1 Kings 17:8And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,
- 1 Kings 17:9Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
- 1 Kings 17:10So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
- 1 Kings 17:11And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
- 1 Kings 17:12And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
- 1 Kings 17:13And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
- 1 Kings 17:14For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.
- 1 Kings 17:15And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
- 1 Kings 17:16And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah.
- 1 Kings 18:1And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
- 1 Kings 18:2And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
- 1 Kings 18:3And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly:
- 1 Kings 18:4For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
- 1 Kings 18:5And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
- 1 Kings 18:6So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
- 1 Kings 18:11And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
- 1 Kings 18:12And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth.
- 1 Kings 18:13Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord, how I hid an hundred men of the Lord’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
- 1 Kings 18:14And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
- 1 Kings 18:15And Elijah said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
- 1 Kings 18:16So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
- 1 Kings 18:17And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
- 1 Kings 18:18And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim.
- 1 Kings 18:19Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table.
- 1 Kings 18:20So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
- 1 Kings 18:25And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.
- 1 Kings 18:26And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
- 1 Kings 18:27And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
- 1 Kings 18:28And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.