Elijah in the Bible

Meaning: God the Lord, the strong Lordpar

Exact Match

So he did what the Lord commanded. Elijah left and lived by the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan.

Verse ConceptsMiracles, Responses ToFrugalityBeyond JordanBrooks

So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow woman gathering wood. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup and let me drink.”

Verse ConceptsWaterDrinking WaterFirewoodgathering

And Elijah said to her, Fear not; go, do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little cake first; and bring it to me; and afterwards make for thee and for thy son.

Verse ConceptsSmallnessSacrificial GivingBreadcooking

And she went and did according to the word of Elijah; and she, and he, and her house, ate a whole year.

Verse ConceptsSacrificial GivingAction For A Long Time

The meal in the barrel did not waste, neither did the oil in the cruse fail, according to the word of Jehovah which he had spoken through Elijah.

Verse ConceptsFlourDivine SuppliesBarrelsPlenty For The Poorcookingpot

But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, brought him up to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

Verse ConceptsHousesStairwaysSecret PrayerCarrying Dead BodiesUpper Rooms

And Jehovah heard the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child came into him again, and he lived.

Verse ConceptsAnswered PrayerPersonal Contactrevival

And Elijah took the child, and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, See, thy son lives.

Verse ConceptsLiving On

And it came to pass after many days, that the word of Jehovah came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself to Ahab; and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.

Verse ConceptsRainDivine DirectionGod Sending RainPeople Made KnownGod Controlling The Rain

And Elijah went to shew himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.

And as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him; and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it indeed thou, my lord Elijah?

Verse ConceptsWalkingRecognising PeopleIs It Really?

And Elijah said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will certainly shew myself to him to-day.

Verse ConceptsBoldness Examples OfTodayPeople Made Known

Elijah replied, "I have not brought disaster on Israel. But you and your father's dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord's commandments and following the Baals.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentevil, believers' responses toRebukeForsaking God's ThingsFollowers Of BaalTroubling Groups Of People

And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose one bullock for yourselves, and sacrifice it first; for ye are the many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire.

Verse ConceptsChoosing ThingsFollowers Of BaalProphets Of Other GodsPutting God FirstCompetitionjezebel

And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god; for he is meditating, or gone aside, or he is on a journey; perhaps he sleeps, and will awake.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritHourHumourIronyRidicule, Nature OfSleep, SpiritualFundistractionsawakeningjokingvacation

Then Elijah said to all the people, Draw near to me. And all the people drew near to him. And he repaired the altar of Jehovah which was broken down.

Verse ConceptsRuinsThe Altar Of The LordRepairing

And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Jehovah came saying, Israel shall be thy name;

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveJacob, The PatriarchGod Renaming PeopleTwelve TribesTwelve Things

So Elijah used the stones to build an altar to the name of the LORD. But then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two measures of seed.

Verse ConceptsFurrowsWeights And Measures, DryOther Volume Measures

And it came to pass at the time of the offering up of the oblation, that Elijah the prophet drew near, and said, Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things by thy word.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTMiracles Of ElijahKnowing That There Is A GodNamed Prophets Of The LordThe Lord [Yahweh] Is GodSacrificeGod's TimingGods Timing

And Elijah said to them, Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape! And they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the torrent of Kishon, and slaughtered them there.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTRivers And StreamsKilling ProphetsRiver KishonProphets Of Other GodsBrooks

And Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.

Verse ConceptsClimbingKneesBowing Heads Before God

He told his servant, "Go on up and look in the direction of the sea." So he went on up, looked, and reported, "There is nothing." Seven times Elijah sent him to look.

Verse ConceptsSeven TimesLooking And SeeingDirectionWeather In The Last Days

It happened that at the seventh time, he said, "Look, there is a small cloud, as [the] hand of a man, coming up from the sea." Then [Elijah] said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Harness [your horses] and go down, lest the rain stop you.'"

Verse ConceptsChariotsSmallnessSmall Things God UsesSmall ThingsAvoid Being Hindered

And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying, So do the gods to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time!

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutMessengerPersecution, Nature OfProphets, Lives OfRevenge, Examples OfMan's Action TomorrowKilling Prophetsjezebel

Elijah was afraid, so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,

Verse ConceptsFear, Of PersecutionDepressionjezebelimpulsiveness

So he looked around, and there near his head was a muffin sitting on top of some heated stones, along with a jar of water. Elijah ate and drank and then lay down again.

Verse ConceptsBakingHeatCoal, Uses OfDivine SuppliesWater ContainersBaking Breadcooking

So Elijah got up, ate and drank, and survived on that one meal for 40 days and nights as he set out on his journey to Horeb, God's mountain.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfThe Number FortyForty DaysMore Than One MonthFasting For Long Periods

He came there to a cave, and lodged there; and behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, and he said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"

Verse ConceptsCavesPeople In CavesWhat Do You Do?Caves As Places Of Refuge

It was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Behold, a voice came to him, and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"

Verse ConceptsMantlesCloaksOuter GarmentsWhat Do You Do?

So he departed there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke [of oxen] before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed over to him, and cast his mantle on him.

Verse ConceptsFarmersCloaksCovering The BodyYokesCultivationPloughingOuter GarmentsPloughmenTwelve Animals

He left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, "Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." He said to him, "Go back again; for what have I done to you?"

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingKissingLove, And The WorldRespect, For Human BeingsUnquestioning ServiceParting From ParentsIndividuals Runninggoodbyes

He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and served him.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalYokesFeeding GroupsFirewoodPeople Following PeopleFarmingbridges

Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, my enemy?" He answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingGrudgesCharacter Of WickedCourage, Examples OfFinding People

But Elijah answered, "I've found you because you sold yourself to do what the LORD considers to be evil! Now pay attention! I'm going to send evil in your direction! I will completely sweep you away and eliminate from Ahab every male, whether indentured servant or free, throughout Israel.

Verse ConceptsUrinatingDeath Of All MalesSlave Or Free

Now when Ahab heard these words [of Elijah], he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly (mourning).

Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesGesturesClothAsceticism, TypesRegretRepentance, Examples OfSackcloth And AshesAfflictions Of The WickedConviction Of SinThose Who Tore ClothesDepression

But the angel of Yahweh said to Elijah the Tishbite, "Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?

Verse ConceptsMessengerDivine Direction

Now therefore thus says Yahweh, "You shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die."'" Elijah departed.

Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon Happen

They answered him, "He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist." He said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite."

Verse ConceptsLeatherClothingBeltsHairsAnimal SkinsHairy PeopleHairclothHair Garments

The king sent a captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. The captain went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill. He told him, "Prophet, the king says, 'Come down!'"

Verse ConceptsFiftiesMan Going DownMan Of Godorganization

Elijah answered to the captain of fifty, "If I am a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty!" Fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.

Verse ConceptsFiftiesDeath Due To God's PresenceFire From HeavenMan Of God

The king sent another captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. He went up and told him, "Prophet, this is what the king says, 'Come down at once!'"

Verse ConceptsFiftiesMan Going DownHurrying Others OnMan Of God

Elijah answered them, "If I am a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty!" The fire of God came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.

Verse ConceptsFiftiesDeath Due To God's PresenceFire From HeavenMan Of Godhumor

Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, "Man of God, please let my life, and the life of these fifty your servants, be precious in your sight.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsKneelingBeggingFiftiesKept Alive By MenThird PersonMan Of God

The angel of Yahweh said to Elijah, "Go down with him. Don't be afraid of him." He arose, and went down with him to the king.

Verse ConceptsMan Going DownDo Not Fear MenAngels Activities Among Believers

Elijah said to the king, "This is what the Lord says, 'You sent messengers to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. You must think there is no God in Israel from whom you can seek an oracle! Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die.'"

Verse ConceptsPrayerlessnessNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon Happen

So he died according to the word of Yahweh which Elijah had spoken. Jehoram began to reign in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

Verse ConceptsWord Of GodKings Of The Northern KingdomList Of Kings Of IsraelWords To Individuals Fulfilled

Elijah said to Elisha, "Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me as far as Bethel." Elisha said, "As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you." So they went down to Bethel.

Verse ConceptsGood FriendsBest friendIntimacyFriendship, Examples OfCompanionshipMotionlessnessStaying Put

Elijah said to him, "Elisha, please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to Jericho." He said, "As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you." So they came to Jericho.

Verse ConceptsCompanionship

Elijah said to him, "Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to the Jordan." He said, "As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you." They both went on.

Verse ConceptsCompanionshipGoing TogetherMotionlessnessStaying Put

The fifty members of the prophetic guild went and stood opposite them at a distance, while Elijah and Elisha stood by the Jordan.

Verse ConceptsFiftiesOpposite SidesSons Of The Prophetsdistancefootprints

Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that they two went over on dry ground.

Verse ConceptsMantlesCloaksMiracles Of ElijahDivision Of WatersOuter GarmentsDry LandWaters Divided

It happened, when they had gone over, that Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you." Elisha said, "Please let a double portion of your spirit be on me."

Verse Conceptsequipping, spiritualDouble PortionsDoubled Over

Elijah replied, "That's a difficult request! If you see me taken from you, may it be so, but if you don't, it will not happen."

Verse ConceptsHard TasksSeeing People

As Elisha watched, he kept crying out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” Then he never saw Elijah again. He took hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces.

Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfDuplicating WordsSpiritual FathersHeavenly ChariotsThose Who Tore ClothesStruggles In Relationship

He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.

He took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, "Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah?" When he also had struck the waters, they were divided here and there; and Elisha went over.

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersMiracles Of ElishaDivision Of WatersWaters DividedWhere Is God?

When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho over against him saw him, they said, "The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha." They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

Verse ConceptsSchool Of ProphetsSons Of The Prophets

Then they asked Elisha, "Look! We have 50 valiant men here with your servant! Please let them go out and search for your master Elijah. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up on a mountain or into a valley." Elisha responded, "Don't bother searching."

Verse ConceptsThe Spirit Of The LordFifties

But they were so insistent, he became embarrassed. So he said, "Send them out." They sent the fifty men out and they looked for three days, but could not find Elijah.

Verse ConceptsembarrassmentFiftiesThree DaysNot Finding

But Jehoshaphat said, "Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him?" One of the king of Israel's servants answered, "Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah."

Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodGod, Will OfPouring WaterNamed Prophets Of The Lord

They returned and told him, and he said, "This [is] the word of Yahweh which he spoke by the hand of his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 'On the plot of ground of Jezreel, the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel.'"

Verse ConceptsMinistry, Nature OfWord Of GodAnimals Eating PeopleEating CorpsesWords To Individuals Fulfilledjezebel

Know then that {the word of Yahweh will not fail} which Yahweh spoke concerning the house of Ahab; Yahweh has done what he spoke by the hand of his servant Elijah.

Verse ConceptsMinistry, Nature OfWords To Individuals Fulfilled

Then he came to Samaria and killed all who remained to Ahab in Samaria until he wiped them out according to the word of Yahweh which he had spoken to Elijah.

Verse ConceptsWord Of GodKilling Whole Families

Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zikri [were] the sons of Jeroham.

And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus says the LORD God of David your father, Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

Verse ConceptsLetters

And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.

For all the prophets and the law prophesied of it until John: ??14 if you care to believe it, he is the Elijah who is to come.

Verse ConceptsThe Law ProclaimedProphecies concerningprophets

So Peter answered [and] said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good [that] we are here! If you want, I will make here three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah."

Verse ConceptsConfusionPeter, The DiscipleBoothsThree Other ThingsChrist WillingGood Activityshelter

But I say to you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did with him whatever they wanted. In the [same] way also the Son of Man is going to suffer [at] their hands."

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Of Jesus ChristNot Recognising PeopleEvil DesiresChrist Like PeopleWho Is John The Baptist?

And king Herod heard of him (for his name was spread abroad), and he said, John the Baptizer hath risen from the dead, and therefore do these powers work in him. But others said, It is Elijah.

Verse ConceptsPower, God's SavingSuperstitionTetrarchWho He Might BeWhy It Happened

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