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Elijah

Tishbite prophet

Prophet who confronts Ahab and the prophets of Baal.

95 appearances12 Bible books2 known aliases

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Tishbite prophet from who announces a drought against and is fed by ravens at the Brook Cherith and by a widow at . On he confronts the prophets of in a contest of fire and slays them at the , then flees to where God meets him in a still small voice. He anoints as his successor and is taken up to heaven in a whirlwind by a chariot of fire, and he reappears with at the .

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