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Elijah (1Ki 17:1)
A person of the divided monarchy of Israel and Judah, first named at 1 Kings 3:11.
Where in scripture
1 Kings2 ChroniclesMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnRomansJames
1 Kings 3:111 Kings 9:361 Kings 10:101 Kings 10:171 Kings 17:11 Kings 21:172 Chronicles 21:12Malachi 4:5Matthew 11:14Matthew 16:14Matthew 17:3Matthew 27:47Matthew 27:49Mark 6:15Mark 8:28Mark 9:4Mark 15:35Mark 15:36Luke 1:17Luke 4:25Luke 4:26Luke 9:8Luke 9:54John 1:21
…and 3 more mentions
In their own words — 2 recorded sayings
“And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, The Lord, the God of your father David, says, Because you have not kept to the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or the ways of Asa, king of Judah, But have gone in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the people of Jerusalem go after false gods, as the family of Ahab did: and because you have put to death your father's sons, your brothers, who were better than yourself: Now, truly, the Lord will send a great destruction on your people and your children and your wives and everything which is yours: And you yourself…” — 2 Chronicles 21:12-15
“Lord, they have put your prophets to death, and made waste your altars, and now I am the last, and they are searching for me to take away my life. But what answer does God make to him? I have still seven thousand men whose knees have not been bent to Baal.” — Romans 11:3-4
Speaker attribution: Clear Bible MACULA (CC BY 4.0). Wording: Bible in Basic English (public domain).